| The topics covered in Legends of Science Book 2 include the life and work of renowned scientists - from Robert Koch to Flossie Wong-Staal. The people featured range from the earliest scientific thinkers to current researchers.
Related extension pages contain further activities in the ares where our scientific legends excelled. The questions range from concrete recall, to comprehension, extraction, analysis and synthesis. These will extend the learning capabilities of all students.
Opportunities are provided for students to give their own opinions on scientific issues, and will encourage interest in the more formal activities.
Topics include:
- Nick Jacques
- Bacteria
- Robert Koch
- Koch's Postulates
- Jocelyn Ann Laurence
- Electron microscope
- Antoine Larent Lavoisier
- Mixtures and compounds
- Charles Lyell
- Changes in the Earth
- Barbara McClintock
- Cells
- Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
- Periodic table
- Isaac Newton
- Ernest Rutherford
- Radioistopes
- Flossie Wong-Staal
- AIDS
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