6th Grade Project Scientist of the Month Each month, a new scientist will be presented, including his or her picture, birth date, and death date. Each student will need to research using books or the internet to find 3 interesting facts about that scientist. They must try not to repeat any facts that other students have turned in and posted. Facts must NOT exceed 1 printed page. (Can use any READABLE font size, color, or style.) Facts must also include the source where they were found. Students will read their facts out loud to the class when they turn them in. Grading: Each fact: 3 Points Source: 3 points Name: 1 point Total: 13 points Month Post Date Due Date Scientist September 9/1 9/21 Dmitri Mendeleev October 10/1 10/19 November 11/2 11/16 December 11/30 12/15 January 1/4 1/20 February 2/1 2/22 March 3/1 3/21 April 4/1 4/20 May 5/2 5/17 Listing Sources: From a website: List the title of the website and the webpage title. Then give the web address. See example 1. From a book: List the book title and the author. See example 2. From an online article: List the website title, the article title and the article author. Then give the web address. See example 3. • Newton’s father died three months before he was born and his mother remarried and left him to be raised by his grandparents. • Newton became entangled in an argument with Gottfried Leibniz over who invented Calculus first. To this day, they are both given the credit. • He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Source: Wikipedia: Isaac Newton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Optics By: Mrs. Rethman § Newton performed experiments on his own eyes, including
staring at the sun for a long time. He had to sit in a dark room for
2 weeks before his vision became normal again.
§ Due to the bubonic plague, Newton had to leave school and
return home where an apple hit him on the head and he started to
consider gravity.
§ Newton was very withdrawn and did not have many friends. Some
of the friends he did have, he became angry with and didn’t speak
to again.
Source: Giants of Science: Isaac Newton by: Kathleen Krull
By: Mrs. Rethman
„ Like many scientists of his time, Newton tried to turn metals into gold.
This is called Alchemy.
„ While he wasn’t successful, this practice was the early study of
chemistry.
„ To guard against others stealing his work or making fun of him,
Newton would write some of his works in code.
Source: Discover Magazine: Isaac Newton, World’s Most Famous Alchemist
Article by: Jane Bosveld: http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jul-aug/05isaac-newton-worlds-most-famous-alchemist
By: Mrs. Rethman