6th grade Science Year End Project

Famous Scientist Research Project

Objectives
1. Use the internet, books and reference materials in a library to research the life of a
famous scientist.
2. Use research to create both an INFORMATIVE PAPER and a CEREAL BOX of the
famous scientist.
3. Cite the sources of information gathered

Research Paper Portion

Sources
o Use a MINIMUM of 3 sources can be different types
o Possible sources include books, periodicals, trusted web sources, interviews,
organizations, etc.; it is recommended that you visit the library and speak with a
librarian
o Include an appropriate Works Cited page (Bibliography).

Research
o Outline created using important and relevant sub-topics
o Sources are not plagiarized, but the ideas are incorporated into the paper

Typed Paper
o Title page
o Introductory paragraph
o At least four body paragraphs
1st Paragraph birth, birth country, where he/she worked, type of
science studied, where he/she went to school (if applicable)
2nd Paragraph major facts about his/her life
3rd Paragraph major contributions to help benefit the world
4th Paragraph an event in history that happened while the scientist
lived
5th paragraph other interesting facts about the scientist you are
researching
o Conclusion paragraph
o Bibliography/works cited page listing ALL sources (minimum 3 sources)

Paper Format
o Title centered at top of the first page of writing
o 2-3 pages of written research (third person)
o 12 point Times New Roman font
o 1 inch margins and double spaced
 6th Grade Science Year End Project
Famous Scientist Research
Cereal Box Presentation

1. Get an empty cereal box and redesign the box to honor your Famous Scientist.

2. Cover your box with construction paper, wrapping paper, or some other material.

3. Design the front of the box so that it includes the NAME of your famous scientist
(name of your cereal), an appropriately-sized PICTURE of your scientists, any
SLOGAN, CATCH-PHRASES, or advertising gimmicks that might entice someone to
purchase your famous scientist cereal.
*You may print pictures from the Internet to use on your box (make sure you
have citied the website where you got your picture).

4. Design the back of the box with the major research you conducted on your scientist.
Information should include three major facts about the person or event in his/her life,
major contributions the scientist made to benefit us, and anything else that you want us
to know about the scientist.

5. Design a side panel so it includes some random trivial facts about your scientist
birth and death date, country where he/she was born, where they went to school (if
applicable), what type of science he/she studied.

6. Design a side panel to explain a major event that happened in your scientist life. An
example would be World War, the Great Depression, another major invention, etc.

7. Design the box top to include the major scientific discovery made by your scientist. If
there is more than one, you can include all of them or pick the discovery for which
he/she is most known. It should be a grabber to make your reader interested in your
information on the back of your box.

8. Design the box bottom so it includes your name, your class period, and a list of any
and all sources you used during your research.

**This project needs to be done neatly with correct spelling, grammar, etc. You may type all the
information to be used on your cereal box. The finished product should look as appealing as a
professionally-designed cereal box (within reason).
 Box Layout

Grabber/Discovery
Gra

Top

Major facts about

Major world event

during his/her life
Name of your scientist:
Scientist
Trivia

NNNNNNMN Their Life

Picture Discoveries
Slogan Anything else
Trivia

Front Side Back Side

Your name, period, &

Works Cited
Bottom
 Famous Scientist List

1. Isaac Newton laws of motion, gravity, etc.

2. James Prescott Joule Conservation of energy
3. Alessandro Volta Developed the 1st electric cell
4. Albert Einstein theoretical physicist, theory of relativity
5. Aristotle - philosopher
6. Rosalind Franklin Part of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
7. Marie Curie Played a key role in the discovery of radioactivity.
8. Maria Goeppert-Mayer Noble Prize in Physics for her work on nuclear cell structure.
9. John Dalton Developed the modern atomic theory and researched color blindness.
10. Alfred Nobel Inventor of dynamite
11. Watson and Crick Double helix in DNA
12. Rachel Carlson Environmentalist
13. Mary Anning fossil hunter
14. Neils Bohr model of the atom
15. Ivan Pavlov physiologist, classical conditioning
16. Louis Pasteur Pasteurization of milk.
17. Galileo Galilei physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher
18. Johannes Kepler Motions of the Planets
19. Alexander Fleming Penicillin
20. Jonas Salk Vaccinations
21. Karl Landsteiner the blood group
22. Carl Linnaeus binomial nomenclature (how we name species)
23. Frederick Sanger the genetic code
24. Gregor Mendel Laws of Inheritance
25. Alfred Wegener Continental Drift
26. Edwin Hubble the modern telescope
27. Charles Darwin survival of the fittest
28. Nicolaus Copernicus Sun-centered universe
29. Dmitri Mendeleev periodic table
30. Jane Goodall chimpanzee behavior
31. JJ Thomson discovered the electron
32. Jane Marcet chemistry
33. Rita Levi-Montalcini nerve growth factors
34. Gertrude Elion Nobel Prize for pharmacology
35. Dian Fossey gorilla behavior
36. Dorothy Hodgkin Nobel Prize in chemistry
37. Barbara McClintock genes, chromosomes
Name ___________________________________________________
Famous Scientist Cereal Box Rubric
Cereal Box Grading Rubric
Content and Focus
Organization
Cereal Box Creativity
Famous Scientist Research Paper Rubric
Research Paper Grading Rubric
Content and Focus
Style
Spelling/Mechanics/Grammar
Works Cited
Clear, focused content based on research
Required information on each part of box
Interesting facts that are correct
Explanation of contributions /20
Historical events included
Followed instructions
Neat and Organized Cereal Display
Visually pleasing & Colorful (Not torn, falling apart)
Properly aligned & put together in an organized
/10
manner
Grabber/Discovery is effective
Slogan is effective
Clear, Relevant Pictures /20
Neatness
Overall look
Total Score /50
Clear, focused
Required information in each paragraph
Interesting facts /20
Explanation of contributions
Historical event included
Written in formal language
Elaborate and colorful language
Consistently strong and varied sentence structure /10
Paper written in students own words
Superior editing spelling and mechanics are correct
Correct usage and grammar /10
Proper format used for research paper
Follows guidelines
Uses 3 or more cited sources
Sources meet the guidelines for types of sources /10
Works Cited page is correct
All researched info is documented
Total Score /50
My famous Scientist to research is ___________________________________________________

Due Date Timeline

Choice of scientist - FRIDAY May 13, 2016 * Write/Type your name on
a sheet of paper with your choice of scientist

Sources - Tuesday May 17, 2016 * Have your sources typed and in format

Rough draft of research paper - Thursday, May 19th * Must be typed

Final project (including cereal box visual) Tuesday May 24, 2016

My famous Scientist to research is ___________________________________________________

Due Date Timeline

Choice of scientist - FRIDAY May 13, 2016 * Write/Type your name on
a sheet of paper with your choice of scientist

Sources - Tuesday May 17, 2016 * Have your sources typed and in format

Rough draft of research paper - Thursday, May 19th * Must be typed

Final project (including cereal box visual) Tuesday May 24, 2016