Sizzling Smart Scientists

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Sizzling Smart Scientists

• Allison Luster
• EDU 506-02
• March 3,2001

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Let's take a journey through time and find out
about the life of a scientist. Scientists
throughout time have wondered about the world
that surrounds them. Three scientists Leonardo
da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein
were among several scientists who have influenced
life as we see it today. Find out what these
individuals invented, and also discover some
other interesting facts about these mind
boggling, sizzling smart scientists.
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Tasks

• What inventions did these scientists create?
• How these inventions influence our life today?
• What other inventions outside the science field
  did these scientists invent?
• Did any of these individuals hold any major
  offices in government?
• Are any of these individuals on United States
  Currency?

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Who was Leonardo Vinci? He had a keen eye and
quick mind that led him to make important
scientific discoveries, yet he never published
his ideas. He was a gentle vegetarian who loved
animals and despised war, yet he worked as a
military engineer to invent advanced and deadly
weapons. He was one of the greatest painters of
the Italian Renaissance, yet he left only a
handful of completed paintings.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
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Who was Benjamin Franklin

• Franklin used his keen, perspicacious mind in the
  development of creative and practical Inventions.

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Who was Benjamin Franklin ?

• He was a pioneer in the study of electricity and
  world-renowned for his contributions.

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Who was Albert Einstein ?

• Einstein is perhaps the most amazing scientific
  mind the world has ever seen.
• He is known for his theory of Relativity.

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Albert Einstein Inventions

• Albert Einstein not only changed the scientific
  community forever, but changed everyday life as
  we know it with this simple formula.

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Benjamin Franklins Inventions

• Ingenuity, Creativity, and Curiosity These
  traits define the world's greatest innovators.

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In Conclusion

• This webquest should have made you more
  knowledgeable about the life of a scientist.
  Especially da Vinci, Franklin, and Einstein.
  Think about the knowledge you have acquired
  through your journey as a sizzling smart
  scientist.

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Special Thanks

• First to the Creator, my inspiration and
  Guide,and my Father God.
• To my family for never giving up on me nor
  allowing me to give up on myself.
• To my lab partner, Eric Quinn thanks for the
  encouragement and patience.
• For everyone else (you know who are), thank you
  for all that you do.