by Miles Hudson

Nearly everything we know about energy has been discovered by scientists, some doing experiments very recently and some working hundreds of years ago (and some in between!).

Find out about some scientists and choose one who interests you. Write a diary entry (or series of entries) as if you were that scientist. Your writing should explain something they discovered and how it works.

Tips
Try to make the diary as interesting as you can - include how the scientist felt when they had problems, and when they made their big breakthrough. If you find out about scientists who helped each other or were rivals, adding this into the entry could really liven it up. You can find out about many scientists at these websites:

www.energy.ca.gov/education/scientists/index.html http://dir.yahoo.com/science/Physics/Physicists

Worksheet A Researching Energy Sources
Worksheet B Saving Energy