Scientific+Discoveries+the+Year+I+was+Born

Scientific Discoveries the Year I was Born (from Abour Cherif: Scienctific Discoveries the Year I was Born, The Science Teacher, October 2012, P. 54-57, [|__http://www.nsta.org/highschool/connections/201210LookWhatHappenedTheYearIWasBorn.pdf__] )

Set-up. 1. Divide students into groups.(4) 2. Assign each group to one of the following categories: Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, Medical Sciences, Astronomy-space science, Physics, Earth Sciences, technology, Chemistry, 3. Student groups research what significant scientific advances happened in the “average” year of their birth. 4. Students need to rank their year’s discoveries according to their importance and be able to justify the rankings. (like Letterman’s Top 10) 5. Each group will share their top 4 (5 if you are a group of 5). (create a google document, with references if your group doesn’t have a smart phone handwrite and turn in) share with teacher. 6. The group shares their top 4 or 5 and then each member elaborates on their #1 choice and answers: a) why that choice was the most significant discovery of that year? b) what the world would be like without that discovery (where would that particular scientific area be without that knowledge)? c) What advances would not have been possible, why? d) What are some of the earlier advances and discoveries that made your discovery possible?