Timeline: Mae Jemison

Questions

1. Read a timeline According to the timeline, what happened in 1981?

   Began working as a mathematician at the agency that later became NASA Began serving as a doctor in the Peace Corps in West Africa Earned her medical degree Opened a laboratory for inventing in Menlo Park, New Jersey
2. Read a timeline In what year did this happen? "Began serving as a doctor in the Peace Corps in West Africa."

   1993 1992 1983 1981
3. Read a timeline On the timeline, what happened next after "Earned her medical degree"?

   Began serving as a doctor in the Peace Corps in West Africa Founded a company to bring science and technology to daily life Flew into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour Was selected to train as a NASA astronaut
4. Read a timeline According to the timeline, where was Mae Jemison born?

   Brightwater, New Zealand Decatur, Alabama White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Nyeri, Kenya
5. Timeline math How many years does the timeline cover from the first event after birth to the last event in the list?

   12 22 37 13
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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