Timeline: Marie Curie

Questions

1. Read a timeline According to the timeline, what happened in 1911?

   Won a second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry Used X-rays to prove that the benzene ring is flat Met the inventor Charles Babbage and saw his calculating machine Began experiments with Charles Best in Toronto that led to insulin
2. Read a timeline In what year did this happen? "Discovered two new elements, polonium and radium."

   1934 1898 1911 1914
3. Read a timeline On the timeline, what happened next after "Moved to Paris to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne"?

   Discovered two new elements, polonium and radium Became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in physics Helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I Won a second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry
4. Read a timeline According to the timeline, where was Marie Curie born?

   Newbridge, Ireland Nyeri, Kenya Warsaw, Poland Karnal, India
5. Timeline math How many years does the timeline cover from the first event after birth to the last event in the list?

   23 24 47 18
6. Text features Why is a timeline a good way to show this information?

   It explains the meaning of words. It shows how big things are. It shows events in the order they happened. It shows where places are on a map.

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