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Year 5 Unit 2 - Science Matters: Liquids, Solids & Gases: Scientists and Their Stories

Scientists and Their Stories

Louis Pasteur: Germ Theory

Hidden Stories: Dorothy Vaughan

You Should Know: Rosalind Franklin

Katherine Johnson: Trailblazing NASA Mathematician

Marie M. Daly (SciShow)

Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton!

Nikola Tesla and his Incredible Inventions

Albert Einstein for Kids

The Life of Louis Pasteur

The Greatest Women in Science

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Unsung Heroes (TED-Ed)

STEM History - Beatrice Shilling

Wilhelm Röntgen: X-rays | Heroes of Progress

Galileo Galilei for Kids (Learn Bright)

Jane Goodall - Read Along Biography

Elon Musk's Life Story

Marie Curie | Discovering Radioactivity

Alan Turing - History Who's Who

Who Was Katherine Johnson? | Hidden Figures

A Brief History of Stephen Hawking

Sir Isaac Newton

Gertrude Elion: The Woman Changed Drugs Forever

Into the Forest with Jane Goodall! (SciShow)

More Resources

Alan Turing (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary) - you can access this webpage at school only.

Albert Einstein (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary)

Curie Family (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Dorothy Vaughan (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Galileo (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Isaac Newton (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Jane Goodall (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Katherine Johnson (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Louis Pasteur (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Marie Curie (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Nikola Tesla (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Rosalind Franklin (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Stephen Hawking (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Scientists at a glance (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Women in STEM at a glance (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Elementary).

Albert Einstein (Dusters).

Galileo Galilei (Ducksters).

Isaac Newton (Ducksters).

Jane Goodall (Ducksters).

Louis Pasteur (Dusksters).

Marie Curie (Ducksters).

Stephen Hawking (Dusters).

Forget Barbie: Meet CSIRO's real-life STEM role models (Lee, 2023) - CSIRO database.

10 People That Will Inspire Future Scientists to Greatness (Brewer, 2022).

Inspirational Figures - Biographical Writing (OCHRE Education).

Find more resources with Kiddle.

Descriptions of Famous People in Science (Compiled by Howie Baum)
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ISBN: 9780711246775

Publication Date: 2020
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Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity by Jordi Bayarri Dolz (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781541586963

Publication Date: 2020-01-01
Albert Einstein [Biography] by Mara, Wil; Ager, Charlotte
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ISBN: 9780241322918

Publication Date: 2019
Albert Einstein [Biography] by Kaye, Haydn; Smith, Mike
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ISBN: 9781788450775

Publication Date: 2021
Elon Musk [Biography] by Turner, Tracey; Smith, Mike
Call Number: P 338.7 MUS

ISBN: 9781910989623

Publication Date: 2018
Florence Nightingale [Biography] by Donnelly, Karen; Lethbridge, Lucy
Call Number: P 610.73 NIG:L

ISBN: 9780746063279

Publication Date: 2004
Isaac Newton and his apple by Poskitt, Kjartan; Reeve, Philip
Call Number: P 530.092 NEW

ISBN: 9780590114066

Publication Date: 1999
Jane Goodall [Biography] by Woolf, Alex; Lundie, Isobel
Call Number: P 590.92 GOO

ISBN: 9781912904624

Publication Date: 2019
Louis Pasteur [Biography] by Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel; Laslo, Shelly
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ISBN: 9780711283121

Publication Date: 2023
Marie Curie [Biography] by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara ; illustrated by Frau Isa ; translated by Emma Martinez.
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ISBN: 9781847809612

Publication Date: 2017
Rosalind Franklin [Biography] by Wilkinson, Naomi; Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
Call Number: P 572.8092 SAN

ISBN: 9780711259560

Publication Date: 2021
Spilling the beans on : Albert Einstein and other clever clogs (relatively speaking) by Fran Pickering ; illustrations Mark Davis
Call Number: P 530.092 EIN:M

ISBN: 9781902947228

Publication Date: 2000

100 scientists who made history : remarkable scientists who shaped our world
Call Number: S 509.22 ONE

ISBN: 9780241304327

Publication Date: 2018
Chemistry by Brasch, Nicolas
Call Number: P 540 BRA

ISBN: 9781741642797

Publication Date: 2007
Fantastically great women who worked wonders by Pankhurst, Kate
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ISBN: 9781408899274

Publication Date: 2019
Finding Wonders by Jeannine Atkins
Call Number: P 509.2 ATK

ISBN: 9781481465656

Publication Date: 2016-09-20
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780062742469

Publication Date: 2018-01-16
How to be a scientist by Mould, Steve
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ISBN: 9780241305690

Publication Date: 2017
Perkin's Perfect Purple by Tami Lewis Brown; Debbie Loren Dunn; Francesca Sanna (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781368032841

Publication Date: 2020-10-06
Science and Me by Ali Winter; Mickael El Fathi (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781911373711

Publication Date: 2021-03-02
Scientists are saving the world! : so who is working on time travel? by Albero, Ana; Gwinn, Saskia
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ISBN: 9781913520540

Publication Date: 2022
Scientists who dared to be different by Holland, Emily; Perera, Salini
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ISBN: 9781789505283

Publication Date: 2020
Women in Biology by John J. Coveyou (Editor); Mary Wissinger; Danielle Pioli (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781945779091

Publication Date: 2017-03-31
Women in Physics by John J. Coveyou (Editor); Mary Wissinger; Danielle Pioli (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781945779114

Publication Date: 2017-03-31
Women in science by Green, Jen
Call Number: P 509.2 GRE

ISBN: 9780241315958

Publication Date: 2018

Isaac Newton and Gravity by Alex Woolf
Call Number: P F WOO

ISBN: 9781912904051

Publication Date: 2020-02-04