I have reached the end of week three and moving forward to week four. Today's task with the Summer Learning Journey Programme is to choose your very own scientist, technologist, or inventor who you think has changed the world. There are no right or wrong choices for this activity, so find someone who interests you and tell us about them on your blog. It could be someone from your family, church or community or someone famous that you admire. I admire a lot of different Scientists, Technologists, and inventors over the past years. Who is a person that you admire out of a scientist, technologist or inventor?
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a scientist in the early 1900s. He came up with some of the most important discoveries and theories in all of science. Some people consider him to be one of the smartest people of the 20th century. His face and name are often used as the picture or description of the consummate scientist. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. He spent most of his childhood in Munich, Germany. His father had an electronics company and Albert learned a lot about science and electronics from his dad. He really liked math and wanted to pursue math and science in school. He didn't finish school in Germany but ended up his schooling in Switzerland. Albert Einstein would later move back to Bern, Germany and work in the patent office.
Albert Einstein is thought to have been a genius, and he is considered one of the world's greatest thinkers. Although he isn't known for inventions, as with Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla, Einstein's theories and ideas continue to exert influence today. He spent much of his life researching his theories of relativity, investigating space, time, matter, and energy. Einstein proposed his theory of light, stating that all light is composed of tiny packets of energy, called photons. He suggested these photons were particles but also had wave-like properties, a totally new idea at the time. He also spent some time outlining the emission of electrons from metals as they were hit with large electric pulses, like lightning. He expanded on this concept of the photoelectric effect.
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Hello Bella,
ReplyDeleteYou have done an outstanding job on your profile page about Albert Einstein. You’ve summarised his life very nicely including where and when he was born, where he was schooled, what he accomplished, where his interest stemmed from, and why he was a bit different to other great scientists of the time. It’s beautifully written and well phrased; I’m incredibly impressed!
With week 3 being about science, technology, and innovation, I wondered if you had any cool invention ideas you had heard of that you wanted to share or discuss? The coolest one I have heard of is a man invented a little machine that goes in the ocean and filters out debris. It’s called a seabin, and I think it’s utterly genius.
Have you considered adding some colours to your post to make it pop a bit?
Happy gaming!
Shannon (SLJ)