Monday, January 16, 2012

Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium

Topics of study chapters 5, 6, 7, 8

~locate and read about the Baltic Sea

~locating information through books, periodicals, the internet, newspapers, almanacs, and encyclopedias.

~nutrition and the brain lesson from the manual

~begin to learn basic French with Berlitz
Marie Curie moved to France to go to the Sorbonne but she spoke Polish, not French.  She had to learn French quickly, and she did!  In fact, it was said that she spoke French so well, you could not hear her Polish accent.

~magnets
Marie studied steel and its magnetic properties.
experiment
experiment

~crystals
While Marie studied magnets, Pierre studied crystals.
make your own crystals
another make your own crystal link

~Henri Becquerel
~Uranium
~writing your own thesis

Good stuff!

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