About This Lesson
Focus:
In this unit, students explore the young lives and current professional careers of two researchers, Laura and Sandra. Laura studies the lives and ecology of earthworms, both native ones and invasives. Sandra is a teacher who has helped in dolphin rescue. Beyond that, she has also studiedthe relationship between monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. Students start out by reading incidents of the young lives of each of these people and they then see the current, active lives of both. They see how inspiration, experiences, and challenges in life can lead to decisions that led to exciting, rewarding careers in science through a person’s life. Students will also learn how scientists from the past inspired these researchers. Along the way students learn scientific facts that are an integral part of the lives of these science researchers.
- Who are some of the people that inspired these two researchers when they were young?
- What experiences first awakened scholarly interest in these two people?
- How did going to school help both people recognize their interests and achieve their goals?
- How did going to college help these researchers become mature thinkers?
- What is an earthworm?
- What are some of the many kinds of earthworms and how do they vary from one species to the next?
- Are earthworms helpful or harmful?
- How can people help dolphins survive in the wild?
- How can science research lead to a career being a science teacher?
- How can understanding the relationship between insect and plant help us protect the earth?
- What scientists from the past have inspired these researchers?
Number of Lessons: 4
