FAMOUS+BIOLOGISTS

CP BIOLOGY Mini-Project #2 Famous Biologists

OBJECTIVES: • Students will research and identify an important scientist within a major field in Biology/Science. • Students will discuss research areas of an individual scientist within a major field in Biology/Science. • Students will research important discoveries identified by the individual scientists. • Students will highlight any awards, honors, or degrees received by the important Scientist within a major field in Science. • Students will be able to produce a simulated ‘Myspace’ with related advertisements and headings

SCIENTISTS

1. Edgar Douglas Adrian 2. Bruce Alberts 3. Warder Clyde Allee 4. Sidney Altman 5. Charlotte Auerbach 6. Richard Axel 7. Julius Axelrod 8. Liberty Hyde (L.H.) Bailey 9. Liz Blackburn 10. Hans Berger 11. Sydney Brenner 12. Linda B. Buck 13. Santiago Ramon y Cajal 14. Rachel Louise Carson 15. Martha Chase 16. Stanley Cohen 17. Francis Crick 18. Charles Darwin 19. John Carew Eccles 20. Rosalind Elsie Franklin 21. Jane Goodall 22. Denham Harman 23. Alfred Hershey 24. Robert Hooke 25. David H. Hubel 26. Libbie Hyman 27. Ramon Margalef (i Lopez) 28. Polly Matzinger 29. Gregor Mendel 30. Rita Levi-Montalcini 31. Thomas Hunt Morgan 32. Linus Carl Pauling 33. Louis Pasteur 34. Sir Charles Scott Sherrington 35. Solomon H. Snyder 36. Nettie Maria Stevens 37. Mriganka Sur 38. Susumu Tonegawa 39. Ruth Turner 40. Selman Waksman 41. George Wald 42. J. Robin Warren 43. James Watson 44. Torsten Wiesel 45. Edward O. Wilson

RESEARCH Students are expected to use a minimum of four (4) different references to research information. Topics that could be researched but are not limited to are listed below: 1. Educational background 2. Research interests 3. Places of employment 4. Important discoveries 5. Honors/awards 6. Picture of individual

PRESENTATION Students will produce a written MySpace Page that could be found online, but is formed through a Microsoft Word Template. The MySpace page will be conducted in the present tense, as if the scientist is alive at the current time (whether they are or not). A reference or works cited section is a mandatory section found at the end of the document. Topics to be covered in MySpace Page 1. Scientist Story a. Provides background information b. History and general information about scientist c. Minimum one picture of scientist 2. Scientists Interests 3. Blog Entry a. 5 written blog entries that the scientist would have posted about current topics or research 4. Friends/Colleagues a. Scientists that they have worked with (or would work with now if they were still alive) 5. Scientist on the Issues a. Research or tasks the scientist is/was working on b. Provides view points and opinions on a specific (possibly controversial topic) in scientific research 6. Scientist Education a. Where the scientist received their degrees 7. Scientist Employment a. Where the scientist has been employed 8. Scientist importance to society a. Written statement about how their scientific research and development has impacted and aided science, other scientists, or the human race 9. Scientist Honors/Awards a. List of honors/awards received 10. Advertisements a. Two Required b. Can advertise anything; must be included c. Pictures required

Other Areas of Importance A. Color and Design a. Must include background picture to cover entire MySpace page b. Decorate/highlight textbox c. Creative and unique additions to pages to highlight specific information

GRADING There are 50 total possible points for the final Myspace page. The following rubric will be used to assess the quality and creativity of the final project.

PROJECT DUE DATE: 12/16/09--Hand-in Robot ONLY!!

RESOURCES MInimum of three (3) sources are required for the project. Only one (1) encyclopedia is allowed. (Wikipedia is not a source. Content sources must be in MLA format using Noodletools. Sources can be included on a separate document or attached at the end of the MySpace page.

All images must be cited by copying and pasting the web address below the picture or including a list of images websites at the end of the document.

SUGGESTED WEBSITES http://uppermerionhslibrary.wikispaces.com/Biologists