1. Famous Scientists Biography Report Ms. Goellner, Science Teacher Ms. Verdin, Librarian

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. Project requirements (con’t): You must include a bibliography of all resources used – MLA format You must use at least 2 different sources.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Conducting research Where do I get credible, reliable, scholarly information? Use the HISD Online Resources/Databases To access the online resources, Go to www.houstonisd.orgwww.houstonisd.org Under departments, click J-M, Library Services Click HISD Online Resources

9. Conducting research Click on the logo of the database you want to use

10. Databases you can use: Gale Check the box for GVRL Type in the name of the person you are researching in the search box

11. Databases you can use: Results are organized by type of resource

12. EBSCOHost Click on Biography Reference Center

13. Click on the title Print icon Citation tool

14. Databases you can use:

15. 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.

16. 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.net www.easybib.comwww.citationmachine.net www.easybib.com

17. Other resources: Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

18. List of Famous Scientists Albert Einstein Issac Newton James Maxwell Robert Oppenheimer Leo Szliard Luis Walter Alvarez Marie Curie Amalie Emmy Noether Joseph John Thomson Ernest Rutherford Nikola Tesla Blaise Pascal Aristotle Gallieo Galilei John Dalton Jonas Salk Louis Pasteur Dmitri Mendeleev Charles Darwin Neils Bohr Max Planck Carl Linnaeius Archimedes Nicholas Copernicus Michael Faraday Johannes Kepler Edwin Hubble Emil Fisher Paul Dirac Thomas Alva Edison Benjamin Franklin Carl Sagan Jane Goodall William Ramsay James Prescott Joule Henry Bessemer Robert Bunsen Amedeo Avagadro Alessandro Volta Antoine Lavoisier Henry Cavendish Robert Boyle Grace Hopper Maria Goeppert Mayer Rachel Carson Ada Lovelace Florence Nightingale Rachel Zimmeran Rosalind Elsie Franklin Leonardo DaVinci Gregory Medal Estelle Elasnor Carothers Elizabeth (Liz) Helen Blackburn Nettie Maria Stevens Ruth Dixon Turner Alfred Nobel Pierre Curie Josiah Gibbs Antoine Lavousier Glenn Seaborg John Pople