Earth Science Project
EARTH SCIENCE PROJECT
Assignment:
1. Choose a scientist from the list your teacher gave you.
2. Use library materials to research your scientist. (books, encyclopedias, biographies etc.)
3. Use ONLINE DATABASES
4. Use Internet Sites
Where can you find the information for this project?
Books: Use the ONLINE CATALOG to search for books on your topic. (hint: type in the full name of your scientist and search under “all words”) Go to the 920, 921 section of the library for biographies. Also go to the 500-600 section of the library. There you will find books about famous scientists. Don’t forget to go to the REF (reference) section of the library to search for encyclopedias and dictionaries of famous people.
Databases: Try the Databases first.
–PROQUEST Sign on: sohs Password: raiders
Sign on: southw Password: southw
Internet Sites
Try these different websites:
The History Makers: Science Makers
Institute and Museum of the history of science
Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Century
The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the sciences
Index of Biographies (huge list)
A Science Odyssey (multiple biographies)
Scientist, inventors and explorers (scroll to the bottom)
Famous Paleontologists (DINOSAURS!)
SACNAS Project (Latino and Native American Scientist)
Individual Biographies
Marie Curie (brief biography)
Galileo Biography (brief)
Galileo’s battle of the heavens
Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity
Johannes Kepler (Galileo Project)
