Year 7 Science How have scientific discoveries helped our understanding of the world? Select a Scientist and write a short presentation that includes all of the following: Background information on who they were and what did they discover or a known for? Why is this discovery significant/ how has this discovery made our lives better/ helped others? Why did you choose this person? You may choose a scientist from the list below or a one of your own choice. Charles Darwin Jane Goodall Marie Curie Stephen Hawking Isaac Newton Bill Nye Albert Einstein David Attenborough Nikola Tesla Brian Cox Galileo Galilei Jean-Baptiste Lamark Ada Lovelace Gustav Nossal Pythagoras Howard Florey Carl Linnaeus Fiona Wood Rosalind Franklin Elizabeth Blackburn Peter Doherty Suzanne Cory