Introduction
Visit the following links to answer questions.
Task
Go to this website: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/nicolaus-copernicus
to answer the following questions about Nicolaus Copernicus.
What year was he born? _____________
What country was he born in? __________________
What did he believe about how our solar system moved? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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What year did he die? __________
Go to this website: https://www.famousscientists.org/edwin-hubble/
to answer the following questions about Edwin Hubble.
What year was he born? __________
Name one thing he is famous for. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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What year did he die? ______
Where is he buried? _____________________________
Go to this website: https://www.space.com/15524-albert-einstein.html
To answer the following questions about Albert Einstein.
What year was he born? _________
Why did Einstein drop out of high school at age 16? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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What year did he die? ___________
What happened to his body after he died? (not just cremated)
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Go to this website: https://www.biography.com/scientist/maria-mitchell
To answer the following questions about Maria Mitchell.
What year was she born? ________
What religion was she? _______________
Name one thing she is famous for. ________________________________________________________________________________
What year did she die? _________
Go to this website: https://www.space.com/16686-charles-messier-biography.html
To answer the following questions about Charles Messier.
What year was he born? ______
What happened to his wife and child? ________________________________
Name one thing he is famous for. _______________________________________________________________________________
What year did he die? __________
Go to this website: https://www.space.com/17439-caroline-herschel.html
to answer the following questions about Caroline Herschel.
What year was she born? ___________
Where was she born? ______________
Name one thing she is famous for: ____________________________________________________________________________
What year did she die? _______
Go to this website: https://www.history.com/topics/renaissance/leonardo-da-vinci
to answer the following questions about Leonardo da Vinci.
What year was he born? __________
What was odd about his family? _________________________________________________________________________________
Name one interesting fact: _____________________________________________________________________________________
What year did he die? ________
Go to this website: http://famousastronomers.org/johann-gottfried-galle/
to answer the following questions about Johann Gottfried-Galle.
What year was he born? ________
Where was he born? ________
Name one thing he is famous for: _______________________________________________________________________________
What year did he die? ________
Go to this website: https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography
to answer the following questions about Katherine Johnson.
What year was she born? _______
Name one thing she is famous for: _____________________________________________________________________________
What did Barack Obama award her? ___________________________________________________________________________
When did she die? _______
Go to this website: https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-jackson-biography
to answer the following questions about Mary Jackson.
What year was she born? _______
Who did she work for? _____________
In 1958 she became: ______________________________________________________
Why was it difficult for her to take math and science classes for grad school? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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What year did she die? ______