Famous Earth Scientist Wanted Poster
Project
Be on the lookout for
this person!
Charles Richter
WANTED FOR Richter
Scale!
Requirements:
1. Poster MUST be on a ½ sheet
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poster paper. 5 points
Mug shot - We need to know
what they look like! 5 points
First, Middle and Last name of
your scientist. 3 points
Birth Date and Year of Death
or if still alive. 2 points
What country were they born
in and where did they do their
work? 5 points
What are they famous (wanted)
for? 5-8 complete sentences,
in your own words, for full
credit. 20 points
A fact that you found
interesting OR a quote by that person. 5 points
Print out or photocopy of your sources. 5 points
Your name on the back - bottom right corner. 5 points
Scientists: You may choose one of the following... or find your own
•Agassiz, Louis
•Gilbert, Grove
Karl
•Murchison, Sir
Roderick Impey
•Cousteau,
Jacques Yves
•GodwinAusten, Henry
Haversham
•Nordenskjöld,
Nils Adolf Erik,
Baron
•Ewing, William
Maurice
•Guettard, JeanÉtienne
•Powell, John
Wesley
•Rennell, James
•Holmes,
William Henry
•Richthofen,
Ferdinand,
Baron von
•Ballard, Robert
•Brongniart,
Alexandre
•Buch, Christian
Leopold, Freiherr
von
•Buckland,
William
•Burnet, Thomas
•Dana, James
Dwight
•Deluc, Jean
André
•Dutton,
Clarence Edward
•Fuchs, Sir
Vivian Ernest
•Hopkins,
William
•Rogers, William
Barton
•Hutton, James
•Karpinsky,
Alexander
Petrovich
•Logan, Sir
William Edmond
•Lyell, Sir
Charles
•Marbut, Curtis
Fletcher
•Mawson, Sir
Douglas
•Sedgwick,
Adam
•Smith, William
•Suess, Eduard
•Wegener,
Alfred Lothar
•Werner,
Abraham
Gottlob
•Winthrop, John
•Milne, John
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Internet is NOT always factual! ANYONE can make a web page. Double check
your information, use MULTIPLE sources!