Madame Curie

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The scientists in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Physics Medicine Chemistry Biology

Fleming (Penicillin)
Watson Crick (DNA)
Madame Curie (Radioactivity)
Charles Darwin (Evolution)
Isaac Newton (Laws of the universal Gravitation)
Mendeleyev (Periodic Table of elements)
Louise Pasteur (germs)
Pavlov (Conditioned Reflex)
Freud (Psychoanalysis)
Albert Einstein (Theory of Relativity)
Nobel (dynamite)
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Common qualities

• Aptitude for science work
• Good communication
• Ability to work with precision and accuracy
• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work as a team player

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Bemjamin Franklin
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Do you know?
He was born on January 17, in Boston in
Massachusetts, and was the tenth child and
youngest son of the family. His father was a
candle maker. When he was young, he was not very
good at math. He was curious and loved to learn
about new things but he had only less than three
years of formal education. He invented lightning
rod.(???) He helped set up Americas first city
hospital. He also helped to found a new nation.
He helped to write the Declaration of
Independence. He was a successful businessman,
an inventor, a writer, a scientist and a
world-famous statesman.
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Franklin's Famous Kite Experiment
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After reading the text did you find out what this
experiment prove?
The experiment proved that lightning and
electricity were the same.
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1.In 1752 scientists already knew what
electricity is. 2.Franklin was helped by a friend
to do the experiment. 3. Franklin made the kite
of silk because wet silk does not conduct
electricity. 4.A condenser was used in the
experiment to store electricity. 5.The key tied
to the string was put into the door to stop the
kite from flying away.
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True or False
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incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
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Aim?
an experiment
Result?
Course?
Preparation?
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metal
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Processes
Fix a piece of sharp metal to the kite
Step 1
Tie a ribbon to the string
Step 3
Fasten a key to the end of the string
Step 2
Fly the kite when a thunderstorm appears
Step 4
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Materials Usage
A silk hankerchief
A sharp piece of metal To attract lightning
A silk ribbon Dry silk doesnt conduct electricity
A kite
A key
A condenser
Thunderstorm
To last long in rainy weather
To attract lightning
Direct the elctricity towards the condenser
To collect and store electricity
To produce lighting
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Result The experiment was
__________ .
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Time
June 1752
Franklin and his son
People
weather
Thunderstorm, rainy day
Franklins famous kite experiment
To prove lightning and electricity are the same
purpose
The things needed
A kite, a key, some bad weather, a condenser
First Second Third
The steps
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outline
the description of the experiment
Para 1---3
the needed materials
Para 4
the steps of the experiment
Para 5---6
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Is it dangerous for Franklin to do the experiment
? Why?
If something went wrong ,he could be killed by
the lightning.In fact it was life-dangerous.
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How can we make a kite?
tieto
build
tieto
addto
First, fix
Second, fasten
Third, tie
Fourth, fly
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Title Experimenters name
Purpose
Procedure
Results
Conclusion
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• If you would not be forgotten ,as soon as you are
  dead or rotten,either write things worth
  reading,or do things worth the writing.
• -------Benjamin Franklin