This web quest is designed to have students explore and research a famous scientist
of their choosing from the list specified by student’s last name. Once they have
collected all necessary details and information about their scientist, they will then
fill out a resume of the scientist and relevant information using the format provided.
The final step will include a brief presentation to the class of their resume.
The objective of this web quest is to get you to research famous scientists. There is a
list of scientists that includes many names of scientists you may have never been
introduced to before. After you select the scientist from the appropriate list based
on your last name, you will research that scientist. You will find information about
them and create a resume that includes all of the researched information. In the end,
you should have learned more about the scientist you researched, as well as other
scientists you classmates have researched. Your final project will be turned in for
grading and posted for others to see and read. Let's have some fun!
All submissions must be in the form of a resume. Do not submit presentation slide
shows or other forms of products. Feel free to use the attached template for your
resume. Make sure you delete the red text before you print.
Use more than one website or book to make sure you have found out as much about
your scientist as possible. Do not cut and paste from the internet or other sources.
Please make a note on the resume when there is information you did not find, don’t
just leave it blank. Example: No middle name found
Lana Sather [email protected]
Laura Smith [email protected]
Resume of _____________________
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Name: (The name of the scientist you researched) Country of Birth: (Where the scientist was born) Date of Birth/Date of Death: (birthday and date
deceased if applicable) Education: (List the names of colleges attended and
majors studied during college) Job Experience: (List relevant job experience) Awards Received: (What awards has your scientist
received?) Contributions to the Scientific World: (What has your
scientist done help the world be a better place?) Interests/Hobbies: (Scientists have other interests; list
them if you can find what else they may be interested in) Miscellaneous: (You may add any other interesting
information to your biography such as books your scientist
has written, memberships to scientific societies, etc. Family: (parents names, how many brothers and/or sisters,
marriage, children)
6th Grade Pre-AP Summer Project. Please choose a scientist from the list that is under the first letter
of the student’s last name.
Assignments will not be accepted if you choose a scientist from the wrong column.
Student’s last name
begins with A- C choose
one of the following
Galilei, Galileo
Copernicus, Nicolaus
Lyell, Charles
Hubble, Edwin
Leibig, Justus
Eddington, Arthur
Wegener, Alfred
Student’s last name
begins with D- H choose
one of the following
Bethe, Hans
Archimedes
Jump, Annie Cannon
Hooke, Robert
Halley, Edmund
Euler,Leonard
Herschel, William
Davy, Humphry
Student’s last name
begins with I- M choose
one of the following
Agassiz, Louis
Pasteur, Louis
Rutherford, Ernst
Compton, Arthur Holly
Fermi, Enrico
Gilbert, William
Huygens, Christiann
Cavendish, Henry
Priestly, Joseph
Schelle, Karl Wilhelm
Student’s last name
begins with N-R choose
one of the following
Student’s last name
begins with S- T choose
one of the following
Student’s last name
begins with U- Z choose
one of the following
Eddington, Arthur
Stanley
Euler, Leonhard
Armstrong, Neil
Glenn, John
Gagarin, Yuri
Sheppard, Alan
Tereshkova, Valentina
Bluford, Guion “Guy”
Jemison, Mae
White, Ed
Collins, Eileen
Mitchell, Maria
Resnick, Judith
Avogadro, Amedo
Marconi, Guglielmo
Whittle, Sir Frank
Bradwardine, Thomas
Oresme, Nicole
Barrow, Issac
Seno, Niels
Adams, John Couch
EXAMPLE
Resume of Virginia Apgar
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Name: Virginia Apgar (no middle name found) Country of Birth: Westfield, New Jersey, USA Date of Birth/Date of Death: Born June 7, 1909 died
August 7, 1974 at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center,
New York, New York Education: Westfield High School (1925) Mount Holyoke
(1929) studied zoology, Columbia’s College of Physicians
and Surgeons (1933) studied medicine, completed a
residency in surgery at Columbia (1937), John Hopkins,
master’s degree in public health (1959) Job Experience: Director of newly formed division of
anesthesia at Columbia (1938), Columbia’s College of
Physicians and Surgeons first professor of anesthesiology
(1949), worked at March of Dimes (1959) researching
birth defects. She also worked a variety of odd jobs to
pay for her education. Awards Received: Ralph Waters Medal from the American
Society of Anesthesiologists; the Gold Medal of Columbia
University; and Ladies' Home Journal named her Woman of
the Year in 1973. In addition she was the recipient of four
honorary degrees, the American Academy of Pediatrics
founded a prize in her name, and an academic chair was
created in her honor at Mount Holyoke College. The U.S.
Postal Service issued a 20¢ commemorative stamp on
October 24th, 1994. Inducted into the National Women’s
Hall of Fame, 1995.
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Contributions to the Scientific World: Developed the
Apgar Score System published in 1953(used to determine
the wellness of newborns), Executive with the March of
Dimes (1959- 1963) Interests/Hobbies: Played violin and became an
accomplished musician, participated in orchestra and
athletics in school. Together with a friend, she made two
violins, a viola, and a cello. She was an enthusiastic
gardener, and enjoyed fly-fishing, golfing, and stamp
collecting. She took flying lessons with the goal of flying
under New York’s George Washington Bridge. Miscellaneous: Apgar published sixty scientific papers.
Her book Is My Baby All Right? (1972), co-written with
Joan Beck became a popular parenting hardback. She is
remembered by friends, colleagues and former students
for her warmth, vivacity, and wicked sense of humor, her
sharp intelligence and professional competence.
Family: Parents: Charles Emery and Helen May Clarke
Apgar, father was an insurance executive and amateur
inventor, youngest of 3 children, never married. Her
brother Charles Emery Apgar Jr. (1900-1904) died early
from tuberculosis and her other brother Lawrence Clarke
Apgar (1907-1988) suffered from a chronic childhood
illness.
Grading Rubric: Use this to gauge your work as
you go.
Points
Possible
Basic Requirements of the Resume
Formatted Correctly (see basic requirements)
Typed or written neatly
8 or less spelling or grammatical/punctuation errors (loss of one
point per error until 8 point are lost)
Obviously student's own work
First, Middle, and Last name of the scientist
Date of birth and death (if no longer living)
Country born in
Education- list the names of colleges attended and majors studied
during college
Job Experience- list relevant job experiences . Where did your
scientist work
Awards Received: The Awards the scientist has received
Contributions to the Scientific World: What the scientist has done
to help the world be a better place.
Interests/Hobbies: Scientists have other interests; list them if you
can find what else they may be interested in.
10
5
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5
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3
5
10
5
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5
Miscellaneous: Any other interesting information such as books
the scientist has written, memberships to scientific societies, etc.
Family: Parents, siblings, marriages, children
Exceeds Expectations (up to 5 points)
total points
5
5
Points
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