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.

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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. 

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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.

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Marie Curie: Chapter 5- The Turning Point

Chapter Summary-
Finally, Manya has finished her work as a governess! She continues to work to help her sister and father in order to save more money. Manya studies chemistry and works on experiment at the floating University. There many polish studies learn mathematics and polish in secret. Soon in 1891 Manya decides to go to Paris and attend the Sorbonne. She has enough Money, and her sister has invited Manya to love with her. Manya finds it difficult to leave hr father, but he knows its the best think for his daughter.


What we will cover in this chapter:
History and Geography: Baltic Sea
Science: Chemistry-Experiments
Language Arts- Reading, Comprehension, Verbs : Recognize and use interesting verbs

History and Geography: Baltic Sea

Manya went with her employers family to the Baltic Sea when she was a governess. We found the Baltic Sea on a map. Then the kids colored in the Baltic Sea on a worksheet. 

Language Arts- Reading, Comprehension, Verbs : Recognize and use interesting verbs

Lily and Aj read the book Baltic Rescue by John Rouselle. After reading the story they completed an online quiz and a worksheet about Verbs. 

(Book, Quiz and worksheet are from Raz-plus.com)

Baltic Rescue Book Summary-

One cold winter day in Poland, a dog walked to the river's edge and found himself suddenly floating away on a sheet of ice. Trapped on his raft of ice, the dog drifted down the river for four days, traveling more than 75 miles from where he started. Finally, a research ship on the Baltic Sea spotted him and its crew rescued the dog, soon to be known as Baltic.

Science: Chemistry-Experiments- 
Lily and Aj used their Science Lab kit to conduct chemistry experiments. They used the step by step guide in the kit to do experiments such as Gravity-Defying water, identify the gas and more....

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