Scientist Biographies #4: Nobel Prize Winners & Growth Mindset

I use this set of lessons as part of diversity in science and growth mindset booster lessons. Includes 7 different mini poster templates and several different bulletin board headings so you can customize how you display the final product. I review with my class the importance of a growth mindset as a scientist. I explain Nobel Prize winning scientists represent scientific work that has a major impact on how we understand the natural world and was of major benefit to humankind. Page 7 has additional background information about the Nobel Prize in science (chemistry, physics, and medicine) that you can use to customize your lesson. I refer to my Growth Mindset in Science Poster #1 and Growth Mindset in Science Poster #2

Give students the Sketch Notes Handout “How do you know a Scientist has a growth mindset?” and then assign them to go to the Nobel Prize website and pick a winner to research. As they read the biography of the scientist students are to look for examples of that scientist using a growth mindset to accomplish great things in science.

Students can research Nobel Prize Winners in Science at https://www.nobelprize.org/. Or by selecting names from the lists of winners from 1975-2019 included with this product and researching the scientists directly.

Last time I checked (Dec, 2019) the Nobel Prize organization had created a page to highlight the 17 Women who have won the award at https://www.nobelprize.org/womenwhochangedscience/ This page is a powerful starting point for research into the growth mindset of these scientists. In the biographies there are examples of obstacles they faced and how they dealt with the challenges and still were successful in science.

The completed and colored sketch note sheets can be used for a bulletin board display or as part of a student work portfolio.

Contains

• Cover, TOU, Table of Contents and Credits (4 pages)
• Teacher notes and lesson directions with background about the Nobel Prize for science. (3 pages)
• Growth Mindset in Science Mini Poster
• Example of Completed Scientist Growth Mindset Mini Poster
• Handouts for Growth Mindset of Scientists research (2 versions with or without headings for coloring page, 1 page each) (2 pages total)
• Note sheets for research on Nobel Prize winning scientists (2 versions “Growth Mindset” or “Nobel Prize Winner”, 1 page each) (2 pages total)
• Nobel Prize Scientist Poster templates (Prompts for different questions) (3 pages total)
• Nobel Prize Scientist Poster templates (Borders match Chemistry, Physics, or Medicine)(3 pages total)
• Nobel Prize Bulletin Board Headings in Different sizes and with different borders 3 different styles (10 pages total)
• List of the Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, Chemistry ,and Medicine from 1975-2019 (3 pages total)
• 6 point Rubric for assessing completion of the mini posters (1 page)