Level T
Summary: Marie Curie had many accomplishments, one of them was discovering radium.
Vocabulary:
intrigued
isolate
mysterious
admired
element
substance
metallic
tons
Focus Question: Why is Marie Curie still remembered as an important scientist?
Author's Craft:
What anecdote about Marie Currie's childhood did the author include?
What does this story reveal about Marie's personality?
How does this story relate to her work later in life?
Author's Craft:
What simile does the author use to describe how difficult it was to isolate radium?
Text Features:
What do the photos and description of the Curies' workspace show about equipment at that time?
How would a lab of today be different?
Key Ideas:
What did the Curies discover about the element radium that brought it to the attention of the world?
Why would that finding make people want to study the element more carefully?
Text Structure:
What text structure is used in this article - sequence, compare and contrast, or description?
What signal words and phrases in the text reveal the text structure?
Draw Conclusions:
Use the text box, in what years did Marie Curie win the Nobel Prize?
What was remarkable about the second time she won?
Final Questions:
What specific words and phrases does the author use to describe radium?
How does the description help you visualize the element?
Why was it difficult for the Curies to study radium?
Do you think role models like Marie Curie encouraged women to be scientists? Why or why not?