Famous Scientists Biography ReportMs. Goellner, Science Teacher

Ms. Verdin, Librarian

Objectives/TEKS

Language Arts: 110.43.13B • Locate appropriate print and non-print information

using text and technical resources, including databases and the Internet.

Tech Apps: 126.21.4A • Use local area networks and wide area networks,

including the internet and intranet, in research and resource sharing.

• Construct appropriate search strategies in the acquisition of information including keyword and Boolean search strategies.

Project requirements:

Your report should be

• between 3 – 5 pages

• Typewritten

• Use 12 pt or smaller, Arial or Times New Roman

• 1-inch margins for all sides

Project requirements (con’t):

• Your report must include 5 of the following:– Picture– Quote– Famous Experiment– Famous Invention– Awards Won– Information about birth– Information about death– History of time spent in schools and universities– Family information– Books published– Impact on society

Project requirements (con’t):

• You must include a bibliography of all resources used – MLA format

• You must use at least 2 different sources.

Keep in mind:

If you are getting information from a website look for the print icon. Do not print the entire webpage.

This will save ink and paper.

Keep in mind:

If there is no print icon, highlight the information you need, right click then copy and paste on to a word document.

Conducting research

Where do I get credible, reliable, scholarly information?

Use the HISD Online Resources/DatabasesTo access the online resources, • Go to www.houstonisd.org• Under departments, click J-M, Library

Services• Click HISD Online Resources

Conducting research

Click on the logo of the database you want to use

Databases you can use:

Gale• Check the box for GVRL

• Type in the name of the person you are researching in the search box

Databases you can use:

• Results are organized by type of resource

EBSCOHost

• Click on Biography Reference Center

• Click on the title

• Print icon

• Citation tool

Databases you can use:

Remember:

• Since your report must include 5 of the following: Picture, quote, famous experiment, famous Invention, awards

won, information about birth, information about death, history of time spent in schools and universities, family information, books published or impact on society

• That means, you need to read the information you find.

• Make sure you summarize or paraphrase the information.

• Do not merely copy/paste the information on your report.

• If you are quoting directly from the website/book, cite it properly.

Bibliography

• Include all resources used

• Use at least 2 different sources

Tools to help you create a bibliography of all the resources you used:

www.citationmachine.netwww.easybib.com

Other resources:

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

List of Famous ScientistsAlbert EinsteinIssac NewtonJames MaxwellRobert OppenheimerLeo SzliardLuis Walter AlvarezMarie CurieAmalie Emmy NoetherJoseph John ThomsonErnest RutherfordNikola TeslaBlaise PascalAristotleGallieo GalileiJohn DaltonJonas SalkLouis PasteurDmitri MendeleevCharles DarwinNeils BohrMax PlanckCarl LinnaeiusArchimedesNicholas CopernicusMichael FaradayJohannes KeplerEdwin HubbleEmil FisherPaul DiracThomas Alva Edison

Benjamin FranklinCarl SaganJane GoodallWilliam RamsayJames Prescott JouleHenry BessemerRobert BunsenAmedeo AvagadroAlessandro VoltaAntoine LavoisierHenry CavendishRobert BoyleGrace HopperMaria Goeppert MayerRachel CarsonAda LovelaceFlorence NightingaleRachel ZimmeranRosalind Elsie FranklinLeonardo DaVinciGregory MedalEstelle Elasnor CarothersElizabeth (Liz) Helen BlackburnNettie Maria StevensRuth Dixon TurnerAlfred NobelPierre CurieJosiah GibbsAntoine LavousierGlenn SeaborgJohn Pople