California Academy of Sciences
Library
Spanish
Heritage Month
Bookmarks
to Help Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Hispanic.html
Links,
links, and more links are presented at this site devoted to Hispanic Heritage
Month.
Celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month (Teacher’s Guide)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/tguide/index.htm
A
Hispanic Heritage Month teacher’s guide is available through this web site from
Scholastic. It provides everything from learning objectives to lesson planning
suggestions. Designed for grades 4-7.
The
History Channel-Hispanic Heritage Month
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/hhm/
A
site that provides plenty of links, teaching materials, and programming related
to Hispanic Heritage Month.
Lesson
Plan: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson023.shtml
Access
to lesson plans, links to other sites, and general ideas for celebrating the
month with your students.
National
Hispanic Heritage Month
Teaching
resources, links, and information about Hispanic Heritage Month.
Spanish
Language Children’s Resources from the California Academy of Sciences
Web
links and a list of Spanish language children’s books from the Academy Library.
Resources
Center
for the Advancement of Hispanic Science and Engineering Education
The
Center is dedicated to encouraging and promoting the study of science and engineering
among the Latino community.
Society
Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
Learn
more about the society from the URL above, their official web site.
Society
of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Conferences,
chat, jobs, and more information are provided at the official SHPE web site.
People
Dr.
Eloy Rodrigvez (Biochemist and plant pharmacology)
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DyeHard/dye990210.html
http://www.idra.org/Newslttr/1996/Jun/Eloy.htm#I_d_Never_Really_thought
Ellen
Ochoa (Astronaut – First Hispanic-American Woman in Space)
http://WWW.JSC.NASA.GOV/Bios/htmlbios/ochoa.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ochoa.html
Famous
Hispanic Scientists
http://coloquio.com/famosos/science.html
Links
to brief bibliographies of ten Hispanic scientists are available throught his
web site.
HEP
Achievenments at LaRC
http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-bios.html
Find
out about noteworthy Latino employees at this site from NASA.
Hispanic
American Biographies
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/hhmbio4.html
Link
to biographies of just a few of the Hispanic American scientists who have made
great contributions to the world.
Luis
Alvarez (Physicist and dinosaur extinction theorist)
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1968/alvarez-bio.html
Smithsonian
Institute’s Hispanic Heritage Month Page
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/hispanic_resources.html
Access
to biographies of Hispanic scientists is provided at this Smithsonian Institution
site.
SACNAS
Biography Project-Biographies by Scientist
http://64.171.10.183/biography/listsscientist.asp
Read
profiles of Latino scientists at a middle school or high school level.
Severo
Ochoa (Biochemist & Nobel Prizewinner)
http://www.unbeatables.com/severoochoa.jpg
Engstrand,
Iris Wilson. Spanish Scientists in
the New World: The 18th Century Expeditions. Seattle, WA:
University of Washington Press, 1981. Main Q115 .E56 1981.
Lertora
Mendoza, Celina Ana. Fuentes Para el
Estudio de las Ciences Exacta en Columbia. Santa Fe de Bogata: Academia
Colombiana de Ciences Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 1995. Main Q127 .C6 L47
1995.
Matthews,
Rose Christine. Underrepresented Minorities
and Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering: Problems and Issues for
the 1990’s. Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, Library
of Congress, 1990. Educ Q130 .M38 1990
Núñez
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar. The Account:
Relación y Comentarios. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1993. Pub E125
.N9 A3 1993.
Oaks,
Jeannie. Lost Talent: The Underparticipation of Women,
Minorities and Disabled Persons in Science. Santa Monica, CA: Rand,
1990. Educ Q130 .M37 1991
Puerto
Ricans in Science and Biomedicine: Report of a Conference. Washington,
D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981. Main Q149 .P9
P83 1981.
Rabitoy,
Neil. Women in Science, Antiquity though the Nineteenth
Century: A Biographical Dictionary With Annotated Bibliography. Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press, 1986. Main REF Q141. O34 1986
Bryan,
Betsy Morrell. Tu Puedes ser una Egyptologa. Culver
City, CA: Cascade Press, 1992. Pub Juv PJ1066 .B7918 1993.
Cohen,
Judith Love. Tu Puedes ser una Ingeniera. Culver
City, CA: Cascade Press, 1992. Pub Juv TA157 .C6318 1992.
Epstein,
Vivian Sheldon. History of Women in
Science for Young People. Denver, CO: VSE Publisher, 1994. Pub Juv Q130
.E68 1994.
Franks,
Sharon Roth. Tu Puedes ser una Oceanografa. Culver
City, CA: Cascade Press, 1994. Pub Juv GC30.5 .F7318 1994.
Gabriel,
Diane L. Tu Puedes ser una Paleontologa. Culver
City, CA: Cascade Press, 1994. Pub Juv QE714.7 .G3318 1993.
Gallop,
Nancy. Science is Women’s Work: Photos and Biographies
of American Women in the Sciences. Windsor, CA: National Women’s History
Project, 1994. Pub Juv Q141 .G35 1994.
McAlary,
Florence. Tu Puedes ser Biologa Marina. Culver
City, CA: Cascade Press, 1992. Pub Juv QH91.16 .M3218 1992.
McLoone,
Margo. Women Explorers in North and South America.
Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 1997. Pub Juv E17 .M44 1997.
Siegel,
Margot. Tu Puedes Ser una Arquitecta. Culver
City, CA: Cascade Press, 1992. Pub Juv NA1997 .S5318 1992.
Stille,
Darlene R. Extraordinary Women Scientists.
Chicago: Childrens Press, 1995. Pub Juv Q130 .S75 1995.
St.
John, Jetty. Hispanic Scientists: Ellen Ochoa, Carlos
A. Ramirez, Eloy Rodriguez, Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Maria Elena Zavala.
Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, c1996. Pub Juv Q141 .K248 1996.
Thompson,
Valerie. Tu Puedes ser una Zoologa. Culver
City, CA: Cascade Press, 1993. Pub Juv QL50.5 .T4518 1993.
Verheyden-Hilliard,
Mary Ellen. Scientist with Determination,
Elma Gonzalez. Bethesda, MD: Equity Institute, 1985. Pub Juv QH31 .G58
V47 1985.
Rendon,
Laura I. and Estrella M. Triana. Making
Mathematics and Science Work for Hispanics. Washington, D.C.: American
Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989. Biodiv LC3727 .M25 1989.
Warren,
Rebecca Lowe. The Scientist Within
You: Experiments and Bibliographies of Distinguished Women in Science: Instructor’s
Guide. Eugene, OR : Aci Pub., 1994. Pub Q164 .W37 1994.
Warren,
Rebecca Lowe. The Scientist Within
You: Women Scientists From Seven Continents: Biographies and Activities: Instructor’s
Guide. Eugene, OR : ACI Pub., 1995. Pub Q164 .W372 1995.
Video
Breakthrough:
The Changing Face of Science in America. Boston, MA: PBS Video, 1996.
(3 cassettes, 114 min. ea.) Pub Q141 .B73 1996.
From
Dream to Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors. Washington, D.C.:
Evco productions, 1986. (26 min) Biodiv T39 .F76 1986.
CD-ROM
Telling
Our Stories: Women in Science. Watertown, MA: Tom Snyder Productions,
1997. Pub/AV Q130 .T45 1997.
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