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Scientists And Cultural Diversity
Science 8
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Alvarado was honored by the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC) for his technical achievements in environmental remediation and organic chemistry. |
At its annual event "Science Careers in Search of Women", Argonne National Laboratory demonstrates to 350 young women from Chicago-area high schools why a career in science might be right for them. |
Scientist, Hidehiko Kikuno explaining yam vine propagation technique |
Photo Credits
Instructional Outcome:
You will be able to investigate contributions to science by scientists of various cultural backgrounds by completing a research project.
Essential Learning: The study of science is the same all around the world. Science would not be where it is today without the contributions of people from every nation, race and gender.
AGOPP Research Process
A-Ask Questions
- How did the scientist’s childhood and cultural heritage contribute to his/her choice of career?
- What was your scientists’ educational background and teaching experience
- What inventions or discoveries were made by your scientist? What is your scientist’s
significance to science?
- Do you think science would be the same without these contributions? Explain your answer.
G-Gather Information
- Decide which sources are best for your topic.
- Identify key words and phrases .
- Use text features to identify essential information from text.
- Skim and scan for information that answers your question.
- Verify the "worthiness" of the information.
- Record relevant information--summarize and paraphrase--avoid plagiarism.
- Record bibliographic information.
Websites
PBS NOVA: The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers (click on the Scientist Index link in the red box and then click on the link for the Field of Work link on the left).
PBS-DragonFly TV: Real Scientists
Smithsonian Institute: Innovative Lives
ScienceWorld.Wolfram.com Eric Weisstein’s World of Scientific Biography
(Click on Gender/Minority status on the link at the left. Choose from the drop down menu).
Canadian Scientists and Engineers
(Scroll your mouse over the shapes in each area of science and click on the shapes in each field to reveal the scientists).
Harcourt Multimedia Biographies
(Scroll down and click on Scientists, Inventors and Mathematicians and other appropriate links).
PBS –A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries
(click on the PEOPLE link)
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
BlackPast.Org 101 African American Firsts
(Scroll down to African-American Firsts -- Science and Medicine)
List of Jewish American Scientists
Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists—SACNAS Biography Project
Latina Women of NASA
Women at NASA
Arab-American Scientists
(scroll down to the link, Science and Medicine. See a link toLebanese-American,
Dr. Michael DeBakey and Hasan Kamel Al-Sabbah below.
Individual Scientists
Dr. Michael DeBakey
Hasan Kamel Al-Sabbah
Shirley Ann Jackson
Women of Nasa :Dr. Mae Jemison
Gale Hispanic Heritage Institute: Luis Alvarez
Online Services
NOTE: Student Resource Center articles can be read
aloud to you. Just click on listen:
Recommended Keyword Phrases for searching in Student Resource Center:
African-American Scientists, Women Scientists, Hispanic-American Scientists,
Asian-American Scientists, Jewish-American scientists, Arab-American Scientists.
O-Organize Information
***Use your Super Scientist Notes Page graphic organizer to organize your findings.
Use Noodle Tools for your Works Cited Page, You must use at least 3 credible sources.
P-Present Information
You will present your findings to the class in a 5 minute presentation. Presentation (if in power point, presentation printed as hand outs) Include a picture if possible
E-Evaluate, Assess, Reflect
Use the rubric provided to assess your work.
Flickr Photo Credits:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iita-media-library/4541059692/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/4926693847/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/4534362937/
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