Black Scientists and Inventors Project

Directions:
You will create a poster to present your Black scientist or inventor.

Poster Requirements:

First, Middle and Last Name

What time period in history did this person live?
Early Life
What type of Education and work experience did they have?
What discipline of science would you categorize their invention/research?
What did they invent or what was their Most Important Invention and Why?
When/where was their invention created?
What was the purpose of their invention?
How did their invention make life better? (Think what was the old way
before their invention.)
How do we see the effects of their invention today?/ What other inventions or
research did their invention spark?
What technology today uses their invention?
How old were they when they invented their product/did their greatest
contribution?
How has their invention/research affected you?
What inspired them to do what they did?
What obstacles did they have to overcome?
Did they receive any awards?

Poster Must Include the following:

______/10 Picture
______/5 Scientists First, Middle, and Last Name
______/3 Birth Date and Place of Birth
______/2 Death Date, if not still living
______/5 Discipline of Science Invention/research
______/10 Name and Description of Most Important Invention or Research
______/15 Purpose of their invention
______/25 How did their invention make life better (old way vs. new way)
______/10 What obstacles did he/she overcome?
______/5 Awards and/or Recognition
______/10

= 100 Points

2 Interesting facts

THE FOLLOWING DEDUCTIONS WILL BE TAKEN OFF IF THE POSTER:

No Poster or wrong sized poster = -20

No Color = -25
Not Legible = -100
Missing NAME, DATE, and CLASS PERIOD on the FRONT on the poster= -15
Not Neat = -25

Websites to Use for research:

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences:

https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
Ms. Moores Weebly Page:
http://science-fmmoore.weebly.com/black-science----facts-and-contributions.html

http://www.black-inventor.com/
http://www.blackinventions101.com/inventionslist.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/10-inventions-by-africanamericans.htm
http://www.teachnology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/us_history/blackhistory/10inventors.html