Explain the steps of the scientific method and their importance to invention and innovation.
What is a pseudoscience? Why do they fail to conform to the scientific method?
Research 1 of the influential scientists listed below, and report your findings to the class.
Give a brief history of the scientist.
Explain his or her contribution to science.
Describe to the class how his or her discovery has shaped modern science of the 21st century.
List of influential scientists to select from:
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) for his contribution on penicillin
Ernst Ruska (1906-1988) for his contribution on electron microscopes
Marie Curie (1867-1934 for her contribution on radioactivity
William Harvey (1578-1657) for his contribution on blood flow
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) for his contribution on germ theory of disease and the rabies vaccination