I’ve got 3 boxes of Fig Newtons ready for Friday, are you ready?

I hope you are having some fun creating your interview with Sir Isaac Newton. Remember it needs to be 5 minutes in length, include one of his 3 laws and from there it’s pretty wide open. Talk about his childhood, schooling, career, other scientists, politics, even religion. You can also interview other people from his time; perhaps a teacher, a friend or relative.

Whatever you do it needs to be fact-based. That means you need to do your research, and know the facts, but you can embellish the truth to fill in some of the blanks.

Have you decided how old he is when you are doing your interview? You are going back in time, so what year is it? What is he doing at this point in his life? What is going on in England or the world?

Who are the other scientist of this time and what are they working on? What else is Newton working on besides his 3 laws?

Try to get Newton and anyone else you are interviewing to open up and maybe tell more of a story. Use open ended question (ones that get more than a yes or no answer) like: Tell me more about… or Why do you think…How did you come up with….

Remember each table needs to turn in one copy of your interview script, with all your questions and answer. Plus a list of all the resources you used.

If you’d like more than one Fig Newton to eat on Friday please bring in some more or if you’d like bring in some apples as they go with Newton as well.

See you in class,