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became a member of the Philosophical and Medical Society of Edinburgh. But his important scientific findings he published in 1753 in his classic work A Treatise on the Scurvy and dedicated it to Lord Anson [...] this photo we can see the cover of the History of Medicine book. Please observe this photo. You can find more information about the scurvy. Research in the internet in order to construct a poster for the [...] increase the budget of the Bavarian army while increasing the number of troops and their wages, he had to find a means to re- duce costs. The first measure was to lower the costs of the soldiers’ uniforms by employing

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• Lind and scurvy

and Physical Science (specifically Electricity and Magnetism). After graduation, he had problems finding a permanent job. He applied to be a school teacher, but after multiple failed attempts to obtain [...] element A that reacted with the same amount of element B to form two different compounds. From this finding, Dalton formu- lated another law: the law of multiple proportions. This law states that if two elements [...] chemical ele- ments had the ability to emit such radiation. There were several more astonishing findings, among them the transformation of one element into another in the process of an α- or a β-decay

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• Maria Skłodowska-Curie: discoverer of two radioactive elements

presented his results. Yet the scient- ists at these meetings were not really inter- ested in his findings and did not respond – ac- tually they did not even criticize his results even though they were far

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• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

have some conceptual problems with your results, they appear to be valid, and I will support your findings in the future.” Joule smiled back, and a feeling of deep satisfaction was in this smile: he knew [...] time, and he knew that after convincing Thomson, other scientists would also start to believe his findings. James Prescott Joule, the owner of a Manchester brewery, succeeded in determining experimentally [...] called by then) and the principle of energy conservation. From the contradiction between Joule’s findings and the established Carnot cycle, scientists – among them William Thomson – developed the concept

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• Scientific Partnership; James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

…………………………………… Actvity 4 The industrial production of Liebig’s meat extract was a poster. Please find more information in the website: http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2007/09/from_beef_bouillo

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• Liebig and nutrition

Activity 4 Activity for the laboratory: Please count the calories contained in a peanut. (You can find it in many webpages e.g: http://www.wyaee.org/Portals/19/Calories_in_a_Peanut.pdf) Please prepare [...] becomes the rest of this energy? In order to answer the question please study the article that you will find in the webpage: http://www.eufic.org/page/en/page/what-is-energy/ . Your group’s answer could be given [...] sustainable development. Please watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzqJS_EJV94 Try to find similar videos and design a project about the prospects and the benefits of human powered technology

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• Rumford and nutrition

model of Rutherford with the atomic model of Democritus. 1. Find and write the differences and similarities between the two atomic models. 2. Find and write the differences between the philosophical and [...] /rutherford-scattering and download the relevant application. Activate it and study it carefully. Find the controls with which you can choose a model of the atom. Make visible the orbit and amend the energy

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• Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom

……………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… Activity 2 At the following link you can find the description of Eijkman’s experiment with the chicken during his research for the cause of the [...] ………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………… Activity 3 At the figure bellow you can find the Mediterranean diet pyramid and then a table for vitamins. Student’s Learning Activities (Eijkman

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• Eijkman and Beri-Beri

…… Activity 2 In the website: http://comenius.susqu.edu/hons/250/scientists/lavoisier.htm You can find the following picture: The evolution of knowledge in chemistry is presented in the above picture. [...] conservation of mass) 5 Storytelling Teaching Model: http://science-story-telling.eu Activity 5 You can find the picture and the text bellow in the following website: http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot

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• Lavoisier and the conservation of mass

to identify several new elements. The more elements were known to chemists, the easier it became to find substances that behaved similar”. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………

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• Mendeleev and the Periodic System