History-Social Science Standard 2.5

Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives.

Discovery and Invention

 

Louis Pasteur

Thomas Edison

Marie Curie

George Washington Carver

Albert Einstein

 

 

  

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Match the items.
    1.Thomas Edison     a.He found a way to kill harmful germs that get into milk and other foods.
    2.Louis Passteur     b.Most famous for inventing the long lasting lightbulb.
    3.George Washington Carver     c.He showed farmers how to make their soil rich for planting, and also found many ways to use peanuts.
    4.Marie Curie     d.She was the first woman scientist to win a Nobel Prize. She discovered a metal that could be used to x-ray bones.
    5.Albert Einstein     e.He used math to explain ideas about time and space. He also won a Nobel Prize.

 

 

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