hmschooln Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Hi. We're planning on trying to cover one scientist/inventor a month this year. Who would you suggest and do you have a book that you'd recommend to use with that person? I know we'd like to cover Faraday and Tesla(still need book recommendation for these too), but I can't decide who else. Thanks.:001_smile: Oh and this is for 4th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Here is Paige's Great Scientists Series. I am sure you could get a lot of use out of it! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Take a look at A Picture History of Great Inventors. It's an interesting survey through time of scientists and inventors, visually appealing, and has a cool timeline along the bottoms of the pages showing what was happening in the world at the time of each person. http://www.amazon.com/Picture-History-Great-Inventors/dp/1845074394/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282155222&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3andme Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 You might consider using The Story of Inventions by Bachman. It's a well written survey of major inventions/inventors and would work well for a 4th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) Audiobooks: Great Scientists Great Inventors You can buy them at Audible.com Edited August 18, 2010 by Snickerdoodle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFKC Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I love the Great Scientist Series mentioned above! This may also be useful: Our History co-op has expanded to science and history for this year, and each Wednesday's meeting will toggle between the two: chapters/activities from SOTW II, and Astronomy/Earth Science experiments and field trips. To prep, I picked up VanCleave's Scientists through the Ages, as well as Allaby/Gjertsen's Makers of Science from the library, and noted which scientists were either mentioned or covered in detail. (These are from Ancient Times and Middle Ages only, but they may still be helpful!) Here they are, in list form – including birth/death dates. Apologies for misspellings...! Makers of Science: Allaby/Gjertsen 384-322 BCE, Aristotle 1473-1543, Nicolaus Copernicus 1564-1642, Galileo Galilei 1571-1630, Johannes Kepler 1578-1657, William Harvey 1642-1727, Isaac Newton 1707-1778, Carolus Linnaeus 1743-1794, Antoine Lavoisier Scientists Through the Ages: VanCleave 625?-?546 BCE, Thales 460?-370? BCE, Democritus 450-370 BCE, Leucippus 384-322 BCE, Aristotle 372?-287? BCE, Theophrastus 287-212 BCE, Archimedes 190-120 BCE, Hipparchus 100-170, Claudius Ptolemy 965-1039, Alhazen 1452-1519, Leonardo da Vinci 1473-1543, Nicolaus Copernicus 1544-1603, William Gilbert 1546-1601, Tycho Brahe 1564-1642, Galileo Galilei 1571-1630, Johannes Kepler 1602-1686, Otto von Guericke 1622-1703, Vincenzo Viviani 1623-1662, Blaise Pascal 1627-1691, Robert Boyle 1629-1695, Christiaan Huygens 1632-1723, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek 1635-1682, Johann Becher 1635-1703, Robert Hooke 1642-1727, Sir Isaac Newton 1660-1734, Grorg Stahl 1686-1736, Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit 1701-1744, Anders Celsius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmschooln Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Thank you all. Going to check into all of these.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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