Name ________________________________________________ Date __________  Period _______

 

A Scientist Like Me

Objective

To discover someone like you who is working as a scientist today.

Step 1

Look at the form on the back of this paper to determine what information you need.

Step 2

Find a scientist who looks like you. If you have brown eyes, then the scientist should have brown eyes. The individual should be the gender as you are. If you have the time, try to find some one who looks as much like you look or will look in 10 to 30 years as you possibly can.

  1. Searching the web

          You can try the following websites to help you find a name.

·        NASA’s list: http://www.nasa.gov/about/org_index.html

·        The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences  https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

·        Distinguished Women of Past and Present http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/field.html

·        Diversity Issues http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/miscinet

·        Hispanic American Scientists http://www.sacs-aapt.org/Meetings/Meeting_S04/Hispanic-American-Scientists-Summers.ppt

         You can also search under your ethic group and a type of scientist such as a doctor or an engineer

·        Hmong physician http://www.smm.org/buzz/museum/ask/yeu

·        Chinese-American http://chemistry.gsu.edu/faculty/Huang/chinese-american_chemistry_professor_association.htm

  1. When you find an article fill in as much on the form on the back of this paper as you can.

  2. Write down the website where you found the information. Include the name of the website, the address, and the date that you found it.

Step 3

  1. Once you have a name go back to google.com and search on the name. This may give you more information the individual.

  2. Add the information to the back of the page.

  3. Write down the website where you found the information. Include the name of the website, the address, and the date that you found it.

Step 4

Use the form on the back of the page to write a short paper on your scientist in the following format:

Date

Scientist Name

By Your Name

 

Picture if you have one

Who is this person?

What have they done?

Resources
Scientist Name __________________________

Date of birth ________________________

Education (List the schools that they went to and what degrees they received.)

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What are they doing today?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where did you get your information? (This will be on your paper under resources when you are finished.)

Websites

1.      Name of site _________________________________
Address ____________________________________
Date _________________________________________

 

2.      Name of site _________________________________
Address ____________________________________
Date _________________________________________

 

3.      Name of site _________________________________
Address ____________________________________
Date _________________________________________

Other sources