Every Scientist Spotlight post includes a downloadable student assignment. The assignment includes a short introduction about the scientist, link(s) to a biographical resource, link(s) to a scientific resource, and a list of metacognitive questions (to learn more about promoting metacognition, see Tanner, 2012). Students are asked to review these resources and write a reflection on what they learned, addressing the prompts listed in the assignment. To find the written reflective assignments, click on the “Download Student Assignment” button on the scientist’s webpage to download a Word document you can use in-class or as homework.

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