Svante Arrhenius
Amedeo Avogadro
Henri Becquerel
Jons Jacob Berzelius
Niels Bohr
Ludwig Boltzmann
Robert Boyle
Robert Bunsen
Henry Cavendish
James Chadwick
Jacques Charles
Rudolph Clausius
William Crookes
Irene Joliot Curie
Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
John Dalton
Humphry Davy
Louis de Broglie
Paul Dirac
Michael Faraday
Enrico Fermi
Joseph Gay-Lussac
Hans Geiger
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Thomas Graham
Fritz Haber
Otto Hahn
Werner Heisenberg
Heinrich Hertz
James Prescott Joule
Antoine Lavoisier
Henri-Louis Le Chatelier
Gilbert N. Lewis
W. F. Libby
Lise Meitner
Dmitri Mendeleev
Robert Millikan
Henry Moseley
Walther Nernst
Paracelsus
Wolfgang Pauli
Linus Pauling
Max Planck
Agnes Pockels
Joseph Priestly
William Ramsay
Wilhelm Rontgen
Ernest Rutherford
Carl Scheele
Erwin Schrodinger
J.J. Thomson
Lord Kelvin
Evangelista Torricelli
Johannes van der Waals
Jacobus van't Hoff
Friedrich Wohler
The project will be graded on the accuracy of information and on the presentation of the documents. Presentation includes creativity and making the document look authentic; this may require you to do some extra research, for example into how to write a resume/c.v.. You may make up additional details to aid in this; for example, for the birth certificate, birth weight and length may be included. Also be sure to proofread your works for spelling, mechanics and grammatical errors. Each document will be worth 15 points and the bibliography will be worth 10 points. The total project will therefore be worth 100 test points, the equivalent of an ordinary test. If you use any foreign languages on documents, be sure to provide a translation.
If you have an original idea that you would like to use in place of one of the optional components, talk to Dr. Gadd. He can be flexible, but you must clear your idea with him in advance. Also note that if you make an honest attempt to find some of the required information and are unable to do so, you may make the information up for the presentation, provided that you indicate which information is fabricated! This should be done discretely, for example, by using a small asterisk on the fabricated data with a label on the document's back or on the bibliography (Dr. Gadd has a good idea of what information can be readily found if you work at it, so don't try to fake it!). For additional fabricated data (such as birth weight and length) which is of an obviously fabricated nature, you needn't indicate that it's made up.
The gravestones are due on Tuesday, October 29; the rest of the project is due on Monday, November 4, 2019.
You can find a number of sources in our library and online in books, databases, and websites. A selection of books has been put on reserve for use in the library for the duration of this project. Our library databases also provide access to reference biographies, historic newspapers, and academic journals. There are several websites you may also find useful. If you choose to use websites that are not listed on this guide, be sure to evaluate them for reliability and validity! As with all research, always try to double check your information in several places, as you might occasionally find some discrepancy. The librarian can also help you with your research, citations, and bibliography.
Tip: Keep track of all of your sources and build your bibliography as you complete your research. This saves time and headaches at the end of the writing process!
Based on an original project by Michael J. Kelly at Westford Academy in Westford, MA.
