Content
Pathfinder
Research on Scientists
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Name:
Pat Schaefer
School: Strongsville City Schools
Workshop
Location: LEECA, Elyria
Title of Companion Action Plan:
Research Reports on Scientists
Grade Level:
5
Curriculum/Subject Area: Science; Research process,
Language Arts
Specific Topic: Scientists and their
accomplishments
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| Content
Information: |
| Students
will be choosing a scientist and searching for biographical
information on that person along with information on
significance of their scientific accomplishments. They will be
directed through the research process: note taking,
appropriate research tools, and bibliography. |
| Content
Categories: |
| Students
will be using biography books; on-line catalog (Webcat);
non-fiction science books; reference books such as general
encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries, science
encyclopedia; INFOhio and LEECA databases; and web
sites. |
| Teacher
Resources: |
| The
Big 6: Information Literacy for the Information Age. 22 Apr.
2004 <http://www.big6.com>. |
| Eisenberg,
Michael B, and Robert E. Berkowitz. Teaching Information &
Technology Skills: The Big 6 in Elementary Schools.
Worthington, Ohio: Linworth, 1999. |
| Hopkins,
Gary. Take Note: Five Lessons for Note Taking Fun. 22 Apr.
2004
<http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson322.shtml>. |
| Jansen,
Barbara A. Reading for Information: The Trash N Treasure
Method of Teaching Note Taking (Grades 3 12). 22 Apr. 2004
<http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=45>. |
| University
of St. Thomas. Taking Notes From a Textbook. 22 Apr. 2004
<http://www.studygs.net/booknote.htm>. |
| Reference
Books: |
Kranz,
Rachel, and Philip J. Koslow. Biographical Dictionary of
African Americans. New York: Facts on File,
1999.
Oxford Childrens Book of Famous People. New York:
Oxford University, 1994.
Raintree Illustrated Science
Encyclopedia. New York: Raintree, 1984.
Websters New
Biographical Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam
Webster, 1983.
World Book Encyclopedia.
2002.
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| Books: |
Ashby,
Ruth, Ed., and Deborah Gore Ohrn. Her Story: Women Who Changed
the World. New York: Viking, 1995.
Clark, Paul. Famous
Names in Science. Hove, England: Wayland,
1979.
Goodsell, Jane. Mayo Brothers. New York: Thomas
Y. Crowell, 1972.
Hayden, Robert C. 7 African American
Scientists. New York: Twenty First Century ,
1992.
Holmes, Edward, and Christopher Maynard. Great
Men of Science. New York: Warwick, 1979.
Lomask,
Milton. Invention and Technology: Great Lives. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons, 1991.
McKissack, Pat, and
Fredrick McKissack. African American Scientists. Brookfield,
Conn.: Millbrook, 1994.
Scott, John Martin. What Is
Science? New York: Parents Magazine, 1972.
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| Web
Sites: |
| 4000
Years of Women in Science. 21 Apr. 2004
<http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html>. |
| EBSCO
Searchasaurus. 22 Apr. 2004
<http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/EBSCO.asp>. |
| INFOhio.
23 Apr. 2004 <www.infohio.org>. |
| Lake
Erie Educational Computer Association. 22 Apr. 2004
<http://www.leeca.org>. |
| Landry,
Peter. Biographies: The Scientists. 21 Apr. 2004
<http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Scients.htm>. |
| School
of Mathematics & Statistics, University of St. Andrews,
Scotland. Index of Biographies. 21 Apr. 2004 <http://turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/BiogIndex.html>. |
| SIRS
Discoverer On the Web. 22 Apr. 2004
<http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/SIRS.asp>. |
| Welcome
to Dr. Ks Science Education Bookmarks: Famouss Scientists.
21 Apr. 2004 <http://www.ziplink.net/~pik/Famous%20Scientists.html>. |