JANE GOODALL AND HER STUDY OF CHIMPANZEES IN AFRICA

WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT WHAT JANE GOODALL DISCOVERED IN THE CHIMPANZEES SHE OBSERVED. HOW DOES THEIR BEHAVIOR SEEM MORE LIKE US? DESCRIBE.

HOW DID A WOMAN DOCTOR ALICE HAMILTON MAKE OUR WORKPLACES MORE SAFE?

LOOK UP POOR CONDITIONS IN DIFFERENT WORKPLACES. ALICE HAMILTON BROUGHT ATTENTION TO LEAD POISONING IN WORKPLACES. WHAT ARE SOME OTHER HAZARDS IN WORKPLACES? WHAT ARE HAZARDS IN A FOOD PLACE LIKE AT NYU?

MARY LEAKEY AND HER DISCOVERIES OF FOSSILS

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FOSSIL DISCOVERIES OF MARY LEAKEY. SHE FOUND BONES MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD OF OUR ANCESTORS. ARE APES OUR ANCESTORS? SINCE WE HAVE BEEN READING BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS, JASMINE WANTS TO WRITE HER OWN BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THAT WILL BE HER ASSIGNMENT.

HYPATIA--PART 2

WAS HYPATIA KILLED BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN OR BECAUSE SHE WAS A PAGAN? GIVE YOUR REASONS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION IN CLASS.

PICK A WOMAN SCIENTIST WE HAVE DISCUSSED SO FAR OR ONE YOU KNOW AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHAT MADE HER SO GREAT.

RESEARCH ONLINE ABOUT HER LIFE MORE AND DISCUSS WHAT INFLUENCES HELPED HER BECOME GREAT.

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN SCIENCE

WHAT FACTORS HAVE PREVENTED WOMEN FROM MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS IN SCIENCE? GIVE AT LEAST 2 REASONS.

WOMEN IN SCIENCE

WHY DO YOU THINK WOMEN HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE IN SCIENCE? GIVE EXAMPLES FROM THE LIVES OF THE WOMEN WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN CLASS.

WHAT IS HILDEGARD VON BINGEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE?

HILDEGARD VON BINGEN LIVED IN 1078 AD AND IS THE OLDEST WOMAN SCIENTIST WHO HAS WRITTEN WORKS STILL IN EXISTENCE. SHE WROTE MUSIC AND POETRY AS WELL AS TEXTS ON MEDICINE AND NATURAL HISTORY. SHE WROTE ABOUT THE NEED TO BOIL WATER FOR HEALTH REASONS AND SHE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR EXERCISE AND GOOD DIET IN 1175 AD! SHE ALSO HAD VISIONS WHICH WERE DOCUMENTED BY THE MONKS. IF YOU WERE TO ENVISION SOMETHING WONDERFUL, WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR YOUR VISION. WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE VISION YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE.

STELLAR CONSTELLATIONS

WE LEARNED THAT CONSTELLATIONS WERE NAMED AFTER GREEK AND ROMAN GODS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE SKY OVER MANY CENTURIES. WE LOOKED AT MANY OF THEM. FROM THE LIST OF CONSTELLATIONS, PICK ONE AND DRAW YOUR OWN PICTURE TO MATCH THE DESIGN. LABEL IT WITH YOUR OWN NAME. JUST A REMINDER...NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20 FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.

HOW BIG IS SPACE AND HOW OUR SOLAR SYSTEM FITS IN SPACE.

COMPLETE THE DIAGRAM OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM LABELLING THE PLANETS. PLANETS WERE CALLED WHAT BY THE ROMANS? WHAT IS THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE COMPOSED OF? WHAT IS VENUS' ATMOSPHERE COMPOSED OF? WHY CAN'T WE LIVE THERE?

THE HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM

WHAT ARE THE THREE WAYS STARS ARE MEASURED? WHAT IS THE MAIN SEQUENCE? USING ANNIE J CANNON'S LETTER CLASSIFICATION, WHAT LETTER IS THE SUN?

HOW IS A STAR MADE?

WE DISCUSSED THE FORMATION OF STARS. WHAT DID WE SAY ABOUT HOW A STAR IS MADE? EXPLAIN THE PROCESS. WHY DO STARS TWINKLE?

ANNIE JUMP CANNON PART 2

1) What type of experiments did Newton conduct? 2) Explain what the spectra of stars are.

WHO IS ANNIE JUMP CANNON?

WE DISCUSSED THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANNIE JUMP CANNON IN MAPPING THE OPTICAL SPECTRA OF THE STARS. WRITE A PARAGRAPH ON HOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR WORK IN SCIENCE AND OTHER FIELDS.

IMPORTANT ASTRONOMERS WHO LIVED AFTER COPERNICUS

WE DISCUSSED GALILEO, BRAHE, KEPLER AND NEWTON. WE MADE NOTE OF WHEN AND WHERE THEY LIVED AS WELL AS WHAT THEY DISCOVERED ABOUT THE UNIVERSE. CHOOSE ONE OF THESE ASTRONOMERS AND SEARCH ONLINE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR DISCOVERIES. iF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, USE THE HANDOUT FROM CLASS. WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT THAT DISCOVERY.

GEOCENTRIC VS HELIOCENTIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE

DISCUSS THE WAYS THAT EARLY CIVILIZATIONS USED THE STARS IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY-PART 1

DESCRIBE ONE OF THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WE DISCUSSED TODAY AND DESCRIBE HOW THEY VIEWED THE STARS AND THE SUN. WHAT SYSTEMS DID THEY DEVELOP BASED ON THE PLANETS AND THE STARS? WRITE A PARAGRAPH.

WHAT IS ASTRONOMY?

TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE STUDY OF ASTRONOMY IS AND COMPARE IT TO OTHER STUDIES OF SCIENCE. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO STUDY IN THE FIELD OF ASTRONOMY.

How has science improved your life?

How has science improved your life? Give examples in your home, in your neighborhood, and city.