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Use Art from the MY HERO Gallery to Celebrate Science Heroes
The following stories celebrate Science Heroes and are appropriate for all ages.
They are available in both text and audio for emerging readers and ESL/ELL students. Click on the orange audio icon to listen and read.
Katherine Johnson plotted multiple flight courses for NASA, including the Apollo 11, the first spaceship to reach the moon.
"The key is to see ourselves as a part of the natural systems that support us."
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, was the mother of the environmental movement.
John Muir advocated preservation, feeling that natural areas promote mental health.
Jacques Cousteau invented the Aqua-Lung, a predecessor to the SCUBA systems used by divers worldwide today.
Tania Ruiz is an astrophysicist committed to science education and helping women reach their goals.
Students are encouraged to research their science hero and share their stories, films or art with MY HERO through the create program.
Teachers are able to create an organizer web pages of students' work.
Science Stories by High School Students
Lene Vestergaard Hau is a Danish physicist at Harvard who was able to stop a beam of light. (includes an audio link)
Bonnie Dunbar helped start a scholars program to inspire students to pursue careers in aerospace and engineering.
Omalu is a pathologist who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a sports-related head injury.
Alan Turing was a cryptanalyst whose decoding of Nazi messages helped end World War II.
Science Stories by Middle School Students
Niels Bohr invented and tested theories that we still use today.
Imhotep is considered the first recorded physician.
"Where liberty is, there is my country."
''We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but is somewhat beauty and poetry.''
Science Stories by Elementary School Students
"Albert Einstein wanted to be a scientist when he grew up, and his dreams and wishes came true."
"He was very determined by teaching himself and using his experiments."
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree.
"When he was inventing, he failed many times, but he kept on trying and then he invented the telephone."
Additional MY HERO Featured Science Resources
Outstanding essays submitted to MY HERO will be considered for a certificate/t-shirt prize or be featured on the Story Homepage.
Submit your artwork to be entered in the MY HERO art contest or to be exhibited on our Gallery Homepage.
MY HERO Multimedia Science Lesson Plans and Resource Guides
MY Hero Eco Heroism Media Arts Guide for Educators
Students can share their Hero Essays, Films and Art through our Create Program
Organizer created on 8/19/2019 9:05:10 AM by Laura Nietzer
Last edited 1/3/2020 9:35:39 AM by Laura Nietzer
