Academic Coaches Conference
Junior Science
A Program of the Indiana Association of School Principals
French Revolution – Junior Science
I.
Medicine of the Time – 10%
A.
Diseases and Illness: causes, treatments, societal impact
1. Typhoid
2. Malaria
3. Smallpox
4. Dysentery
B.
Battlefield Maladies
1. Gangrene – what were its causes and prevention?
2. Amputations – How were these performed?
What anesthetics were available?
3. Triage procedures – How were injuries treated (or not
treated) in battle?
II.
Scientists – 25% (no biographical information)
A.
Georges Cuvier – Theories; what were his contributions to
vertebrate paleontology?
B.
Georges-Louis Leclerc – Theories; what were his extinction
ideas and ideas of geologic time?
C.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck – Theories; what did he hypothesize?
What was correct and incorrect?
D.
Rene Laennec - What were his most significant inventions and
hypotheses? What impact did this have on the medicine of the
day?
E.
William Herschel (not French, but a contemporary) What did he
discover and how?
F.
Surgeons, Physicians, Commoners – Who performed what
procedures?
G.
Henry Cavendish – chemical names
H.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Baron Fourier – advances in heat
research
I.
Lavoisier
J.
Andre-Marie Ampere
K.
Joseph Black – work with carbon dioxide
L.
Joseph Priestley – work with oxygen
III.
Paleontology – 15%
A. Means of preservation and fossil formation – How are animals/plants
preserved by each of these processes?
1. Petrification
2. Permineralization
3. Carbonization
4. Encasement in Amber
5. Encasement in Tar
B. Fossil and Rock Types
1. Molds and Casts of the organism – How do these form?
Which is which?
2. Index Fossils – What makes something an index fossil and
why are they important geologically? What are some
examples?
3. Lithology – Which type rocks are fossil bearing and why?
Which kind do NOT yield fossils and why?
4. Law of Superposition – Where are the oldest and youngest
rocks in a geologic sequence?
IV.
Physics – 25%
A. Kelvin
B. Inventions
1. Hot air balloon
2. Guillotine
3. Communication methods
V.
Chemistry – 10%
A. Balancing basic equations
Sources
Daily Life During the French Revolution by James A. Anderson 2007 (supplemental – not required)
Encyclopedia Britannica
Any high school Earth Science text
Biology for Dummies
Fossils-facts-and-finds.com
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Cavendish
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Baron-Fourier
www.history.com
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/josephpriestleyoxygen.html
http://www.famousscientists.org/andre-marie-ampere/
https://www.chemheritage.org/historical-profile/antoine-laurent-lavoisier
http://www.museumofflight.org/Exhibits/montgolfier-brothers-balloon
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Braille-writing-system
http://digital.nls.uk/scientists/biographies/joseph-black/discoveries.html
Kahn academy
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/lavoisier.html#beliefs-about-chemistry