Marie Curie- Chapter 13-15: Dreams and war, A Special Gift, The Final Years- (Conclusion-Final Activities)

Chapter Summary-

    Marie Recived her secound Nobel prizein Physics. A rumor is -read about Marie and she is heartbroken and her reputation in damaged. Marie continues to work. Her kidneys fail twice and she is forced to take some time off. 

     WW1 breaks about and Marie is separated from her children.She sets up x-ray transport units to help with the war efforts. She helped over 1 million people with her equipment. As the war ends, Poland is freed through the Treaty of Versailles. She continues to work with Radium and meets President Harding and President Hoover. They present her with Radium. 

    Irene continues to work with her mother, Marie. Irene  and her husband discover artificial radioactivity and are given the Nobel Prize in Physics. Three Nobel prizes in the same family-Wow!! 

    Marie dies on July 4, 1934. She was 66 and had leukemia, caused by radium exposure. She was buried next to her husband in Paris. 

What we learned from these chapters-

History and Geography- Marie Curies Daughter, Irene

History and Geography- Albert Einstein

History and Geography-The Treaty of Versailles

Science- Kidneys

                                History and Geography- Albert Einstein

Lily and Aj watched  a video about Albert Einsteins Life Story. They also completed worksheets about Einsteins life. 

History and Geography- Marie Curies Daughter, Irene

We Leaned that Maries Daughter was a scientist also. We looked about pictures of her and went on Nobelprize.org to learn more about Irene.

Science- Kidneys

The kids watched a  Short video called How do your kidneys work?. They also read a book on Hoopla. They also completed worksheets and saw a virtual reality kidney from Twinkle.com. 

 

History and Geography-The Treaty of Versailles

We Watched a video called The Treaty of Versailles From Kahn Academy. They also completed these books from twinkle.com about The Treaty of Versailles

Thank you for following our blog and reading about the activities we completed. Lily and Aj enjoyed most of the activities. This was a tough time for us because we were unable to go on any field trips at the time we read this book. (We were stuck in the house because of COVID-19) We still made the best out of our time at home and enjoyed each other’s company! 

 

Marie Curie- Chapters 11-12, Awards and Sorrows, Tragedy

Chapter summary-
Marie and Pierre continue to work on their great scientific work. Many people are anxious to learn about research, and the curies try their best to answer all their questions. They refuse to charge for their knowledge as well. They believe it would not be in the interest of “pure” science if they sold their work, instead of sharing it.

Soon they discovered another important property of radium. It can burn skin tissue. Immediately people begin thinking that it can destroy skin cells- like cancer and tumors. We call it Radiation therapy today. Many awards have been given to the Curries. Marie gives birth to a second daughter, Eve. On April 19, 1906 Pierre is killed in a horse and carriage accident. Marie is hired by the Sorbonne School becoming the first women physics teacher. Marie also discovers a way to measure radium and she receives a a second Nobel Prize in 1911.

What will we cover in this chapter-
Science: The dangers of Radioactive materials
Fine Arts: A Famous Sculpture- The Thinker, Rodin

Fine Arts: A Famous Sculpture- The Thinker, Rodin

The kids were surprised the the Curies were friends with such a famous artist. Lily and Aj watched a video called Rodin, The Father of Modern Sculpture . They also Completed a worksheet about shading and values.

Science: The dangers of Radioactive Materials

Lily and Aj watched a video from YouTube about the Dangers of Radiation. Then they watched a powerpoint slideshow on Chernobyl and completed a reading comprehension worksheet from twinkle.com.

Thanks for reading!  😊 

Marie Curie-Chapter 10: Four Hard Yard

Chapter summary- 
Marie and Pierre announce their discovery of Radium, but the scientific community wants more proof. In order to allow other scientists to observe and study their new find, the Curies must isolate and produce”pure: radium.

Over the next four years, Pierre and Marie work diligently separating Radium and pitch blend. They work in a terrible facility- an old shed with poor ventilation, a broken roof, and a weak stove for warmth. At one point a university in Sweden offers them a workspace. They decide not to take the office space. Maries father passes away and she misses him greatly.

What we will cover in this chapter-
Science: Periodic table of the Elements
History and Geography: Bavaria

Science: Periodic table of the Elements
Lily and Aj Participated in a class through Outschool about the Periodic Table. They also watched a science video on Hoopla called Introduction to the Periodic Table. After watching the video, they completed a worksheet from Twinkle.com. 

History and Geography: Bavaria

We watched a video called the 10 things to do in Bavaria. We also found Bavaria on a map of Germany and learned about its flags.

Thanks for reading! 😊 

Marie Curie- Chapter 9: More Discoveries

Chapter Summary-
Marie works hard to find the new element she believes exists in pitchblende. Pierre is so fascinated by her work, he soon joins her. Soon they discover what they believe is two elements! One, Marie names the element  Polonium after Poland. The other remains a mystery and the work continues. They discover Radium after many moths of work. Pierre and Marie take a much needed break. The vacation does them good.

What we will Learn from this chapter-
History and Geography-Spanish American War- An Introduction
Science: Radium, X-rays

Science: Radium and X-Rays 

Lily and Aj watched a video about Radium. The video was called The Discovery of Radium. They also watched a slide show from Twinkle.com about Marie Curie and X-rays. The enjoyed playing bone bingo. They Also created a flip book and made their own X-ray. 

History and Geography-Spanish American War- 

An Introduction

Lily and Aj watched a video on you-tube about the Spanish-American war. They also completed a reading comprehension worksheet and a word search from Kids Connect.com. 

Thanks for reading! 

Marie Curie- Chapter 8: A surprising Discovery

Chapter Summary-

Marie and Pierre work together on their scientific research projects. Marie is also working on her doctorate degree- trying to be the first women in Europe to obtain one.  In 1897 marie’s first daughter in born Irene. She comes up with a idea for her thesis. Marie decides to find out why rays are givin off by uranium salt. Henri Becquerel discovered this. Soon Maries research leads her to discover  a unknown element.

What we will cover in this chapter-

History and Geography- Henri Becquerel

Science- Uranium

History and Geography- Henri Becquerel

They learned about Henri Becquerel by reading worksheets and completing a timeline. We used Kids Connect for worksheets.

Science- Uranium

We watched two videos on Uranium. They were What is Uranium? And How Uranium Becomes Nuclear Fuel? The kids also created an Acrostics Poem about what they learned about Uranium.

Thanks for reading! Chapter 9 is up next!