Science Projects, Lesson Plans and Experiments

Famous Scientists

"I put my students into small groups and each group selects a scientist that contributed to the atomic theory. The groups must creatively represent the work of these scientists and their contributions. They use music, commercial spots, and comedy and also dress in the period in which the scientist lived. After the presentations, each small group formally discusses and uses audiovisuals to explain the most important and relevant thing their scientist contributed to the atomic theory with the whole class."
Submitted by: Elena Maldonado-Vargas , a chemistry teacher at University of Puerto Rico High School in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This idea was posted in the NEA's Weekly Works4Me Newsletter.