DAY 4: HAOURA
Activity 1: MEDICAL MAVERICKS
Over the years, many important discoveries have been made by clever people looking to help others. Two of these are women - Florence Nightingale and Marie Curie whose work has been widely recognised and appreciated. Both women lived extraordinary lives.
Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in England. When she grew up, she trained to be a nurse and, as an adult was sent to Turkey during the Crimean War to look after wounded soldiers. When she arrived, the hospitals were very dirty so she spent money to clean them up and to provide soldiers with quality care. She saved many lives.
Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867. Eventually, she moved to France to go to university. While there, she learned a lot about physics, chemistry and maths. She spent her career conducting experiments that led to the discovery of chemical elements. She was also the first person to use an x-ray machine to look at the human body. She earns two Nobel Prizes for her work.
Nobel Prizes are given out every year to people who have done something extraordinary in six specific fields of study - Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Economics.
For this activity, we had to go to this link to view the list of Nobel Prize winners, after that we had to choose one and read about them. We had to explain who they are in five to ten sentences. We could also include a picture of that person.
- Who were they?
- What did they do that was so special?
Attribution: Karl Landsteiner, 1931, by The National Academy of science is licensed under cc by-sa 2.0
Kia ora Lyan,
ReplyDeleteWell done on completing another activity! You sure have been busy. :)
You've shared some really interesting information about Karl Landsteiner - I didn't know any of this! It definitely sounds like he was worth of winning a Nobel Prize. Do you know what your blood type is? I only found out what mine was a few years ago when I started donating blood. It's actually quite interesting, finding out all the different types of people your blood can help and those it can't.
Have a wonderful afternoon, Lyan. I can't wait to see more posts from you soon. :)
Bye for now,
Mikey
Hi Mikey! It's really cool to know that you are donating blood because it can save many people! Did you know that Karl Landsteiner wasn't the only one who found about the blood types? Anyways, have a good evening!
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