Powerpoint about why scientists do what they do. Describes the

1. SCIENTISTS
Who are they and how do they
affect our lives?

2. Do you recognize any of these
scientists?
Galileo
Jane Goodall
Ada Byron Lovelace
Isaac Newton
Rosalind Franklin
Jonas Salk
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein

3. Match the scientists with their
discoveries
Rosalind Franklin
Galileo
Marie Curie
Isaac Newton

4. Were you right?
Rosalind Franklin….the structure of DNA
Galileo….improved the telescope
Marie Curie…made discoveries about
radioactivity
Isaac Newton…theory of gravity

5. What about these?

6. How did you do?
Studied chimpanzees….Jane Goodall
Developed the polio vaccine….Jonas Salk
“World’s first computer programmer”…
Ada
Byron Lovelace
Helped develop the atomic bomb….Albert
Einstein

7. Inventions
&
Discoveries
Make our lives Improve our quality
Enrich our lives
easier of life
Enrich means to make your life happier and more enjoyable. (MORE FUN!)

8. Task: Create this table on LLP and fill it in
with inventions that fit the categories.
Think about Enrich ▪
inventions you use our ▪
today… lives ▪
Make ▪
our lives ▪
easier ▪
Improves ▪
our quality ▪
of life ▪

9. Did you think of these?