Percy Julian

Percy Julian was a scientist. He made chemicals out of soy beans that helped us to be healthy. This was good.

He was the son of slaves and he had to work hard to go to school and learn. His house was burned down because of the color of his skin.

He will always be remembered for his experiments and his perseverance.  He is known as the "forgotten genius."  My DAD did not even know he was!

I like to do experiments also.  I love helping my brothers with their science projects.

The Genius Playwright

William Shakespeare wrote plays.  He wrote death plays, love plays, and a lot of different plays.

He lived a long time ago, but we remember his plays.

My brothers read a Shakespeare play, The Merchant of Venice.  I listened to them read it, and I liked it.  Shakespeare was a genius because his plays are still good.

No one knows a lot about Shakespeare himself, but he was still a genius.

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
-William Shakespeare

A Laboratory Scientist

I wanted to learn about someone that worked in a science lab. Marie Curie was a scientist from Poland.   She did a lot of science things.  Her mother died from 'burculosis. She studied hard in school.  Marie was a teacher to help her sister go to doctor school.

Marie moved to France to become a scientist because she could not go to school in Poland.  In France she found special chemicals and won the Nobel Prize for scientists.  She got to work with the person she loved everyday, her husband Pierre. During the war (WW1) she created X-Ray equipment to help the French army men.  She closed her eyes and died.



"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
-Marie Curie