Famous scientists can "visit" a classroom through a puppet. Albert Einstein lived from 1879 - 1955.

1. Have the Albert Einstein puppet come and talk about what it was like to live in his time period. Use a time line to help the children understand the relationship of his life to other events in history.

2. Use the puppet to teach related vocabulary words.

analytical geometry

atomic bomb

Brownian motion

electromagnetism

gravitation

inertia

inventions

mass

motion

Munich, Germany

Nazi Germany

Nobel Prize for Physics

patent office

physicist

quantum theory

space

theory of relativity

time

Ulm, Germany

unified field theory

3. Have the puppet talk about his childhood.

4. What is a Nobel Prize? Have the puppet explain.

5. Einstein enjoyed playing the violin. Let the audience talk about needs, feelings and skills of people. Use the puppet to help them understand that giftedness may exist in several areas of a person's life.

6. Use maps with the puppet to locate where he lived and worked.

7. Have children examine their own feelings about what they can contribute to life. Let them share their feelings with the puppet.

8. Let the puppet talk about the importance of science and math.

9. Einstein was a citizen of several countries. Let the puppet tell about the experiences.