Please keep your work neat and presentable! Rational: At the end of each unit students will be responsible for completing a culminating task that provides evidence they have internalized the concepts and content of the given unit. Strand 2: Culminating Task: Students will write a report on an important historical scientist. The following information needs to be included in the report. > Identify what important scientific innovations the scientist is responsible for. Be specific as possible. Share the conclusions authored by your scientist. > Provide a background picture of who the scientist was as an individual. Where did they grow up? Schooling? Family life? Born, Died etc.. > Defend why the scientist you chose stands out amongst the scientific community. > Describe the impact the scientist body of work had on humanity. How are our lives different because of this individuals accomplishments? > Describe new discovers and technologies that have arisen because of the scientist you are reporting on. In other-words, how has the science done in the past changed with new information and discovers in relation to your scientist work.
Concept 1: History of Science as a Human Endeavor Identify individual, cultural, and technological contributions to scientific knowledge.
PO 1. Identify how diverse people and/or cultures, past and present, have made important contributions to scientific innovations (e.g., Jacques Cousteau [inventor, marine explorer], supports Strand 4; William Beebe [scientist], supports Strand 4; Thor Heyerdahl [anthropologist], supports Strand 6).
PO 2. Describe how a major milestone in science or technology has revolutionized the thinking of the time (e.g., Cell Theory, sonar, SCUBA, underwater robotics).
PO 3. Analyze the impact of a major scientific development occurring within the past decade.
PO 4. Describe the use of technology in science-related careers.
Concept 2: Nature of Scientific Knowledge Understand how science is a process for generating knowledge.
PO 1. Describe how science is an ongoing process that changes in response to new information and discoveries.
PO 2. Describe how scientific knowledge is subject to change as new information and/or technology challenges prevailing theories.
PO 3. Apply the following scientific processes to other problem solving or decision making situations: • observing • questioning • communicating • comparing • measuring • classifying • predicting • organizing data • inferring • generating hypotheses • identifying variables