The Archimedes’ Principle is a scientific law which explains why some objects sink and some objects float. Archimedes was one of the world’s greatest scientists. He was a mathematician, inventor, engineer and astronomer, but is arguably most famous for his Eureka moment which led to the development of the Archimedes’ Principle. Buoyancy and Archimedes Objects…
Charles Darwin is known as the father of evolution. He sailed around South America for more than 3 years, before heading to the Galapagos Islands, where the data collected in just five weeks formed a fundamental part of Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection. If you’re looking for a great book to use when…
Caroline Herschel was a pioneer of her time, she was the first woman to discover a comet, the first woman officially recognised in a scientific position and to receive a salary and the first woman to receive honorary membership into Britain’s Royal Society. Caroline Herschel made a huge contributions to the field of astronomy in…
Charles Darwin is most famous for his work on Natural Selection, the evidence for which came from his voyage on the HMS Beagle observing and collecting fossils, birds and whatever else he could find. What is Natural Selection? The theory behind Natural Selection is that characteristics more suited to an environment are more like to…
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer born in February 1473 who realised that the Earth orbits the Sun. This idea was strongly opposed at the time as many people believed objects orbited around a central Earth. The model proposed by Copernicus was called Heliocentrism. What is Heliocentrism? Heliocentrism ( helios means Sun ) is where…
The next scientist in my Wonderful Women in STEM series is Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale was a British nurse whose work was hugely influential in changing how hospitals were run and improving cleanliness, nutrition and sanitation. Florence Nightingale‘s achievements are truly remarkable, she fought against the social expectations of her time to become a nurse…
Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist and inventor who lived between 1452 and 1519. Leonardo is probably most famous for painting the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, but as well as painting he kept journals full of drawings of the different subjects he was studying, these included anatomical drawings, a design for a…
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