Marie Curie

Summary
This is a lesson about Marie Curie and her experiments with radioactivity.

Objectives
• to describe and discuss the life of Marie Curie;

• to list and explain the different discoveries made by Madame Curie;

• to summarize Madame Curie?s main achievements.

Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade

Excerpt
Marie Curie?s maiden name was Maria Skłodowska. She was born in Poland in November 1867 and died in July 1934. Marie was the youngest of five siblings. Both her parents were teachers and educators. Her family was from a very educated and cultured background, but they were poor and struggled with money issues. When Marie was still very young, both her mother and oldest sibling died.

Marie Curie was a very bright and good student. When she finished school, she did not have any options of continuing her studies in Poland as there were no universities for women. She worked for a year as a governess, and then went to Paris to join her sister to continue her studies.

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