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Super Scientists. Name a scientist. Excellent opportunity to : - challenge stereotypes - show children how science relates to their everyday lives - illustrate how science is ever changing and evolving. - demonstrate the range of science - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Name a scientist
Excellent opportunity to:
- challenge stereotypes - show children how science relates to their everyday lives - illustrate how science is ever changing and evolving. - demonstrate the range of science enquiry types used by scientists - investigate a range of jobs in science
Jobs for the boys and girls- learn how science helps people do their jobs- identify how people use science to help others
Extension ideas:
Suggest other jobs people might do for the blank cards
Think of other things scientists have helped to develop
Look at one job and think about the many ways scientists have helped them (visitor)
Look at the development of one real scientist and how it has affected people
Happy Scientists
Excellent for: Introducing the names and main
achievements of some famous scientists
Demonstrating how scientific ideas and concepts change, evolve and progress, and how scientists build upon previous knowledge
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Isaac Newton
Types of Enquiry Scientists use many different ways
to collect evidence and investigate.
Research has found that many kinds of enquiry were very poorly represented in school planning.
Fair tests were carried out much more frequently than other kinds of enquiry.
Sorting and Classifying
Mary Anning
- Fossil hunter- Paleontologist
Problem Solving
James Dyson
- inventor- designer
Making Things
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- engineer
Observation
Charles Darwin
- naturalist- geologist
Pattern Seeking
Dr John Snow
- doctor
Exploration
Dr. Mae Jemison
- physician- astronaut
Topic Links
History
Literacy
Letters
Recount
Biography
Numeracy
According to da Vinci, the Vitruvian Man possessed the following ratios:
- Height to arm span (1:1) - Height to hand span (10:1) - Height to the distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin (8:1) - Height to the distance from the elbow to the armpit (8:1) - Height to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand (5:1) - Height to the maximum width of the shoulders (1cubit) (4:1)
Bring Real Scientists into School
STEM Ambassadors
Julie MessengerSTEM Consultant N&[email protected].
University of Northampton
Linda DavisSTEM Steering [email protected]
Local Secondary Schools
Sam MallettTransition & Community [email protected]
Bring Real Scientists into School
Parents and local communities
Bring Real Scientists into School
Edinburgh Zoo
Interaction with vets, zoologists, etcLinks to behaviour/habitats
Same time zone!
http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/pandacam.html
• Giant Panda• Squirrel Monkeys• Penguins
International Space Stationhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream
Atlantis Livehttp://explorationnow.org/atlantis/
