Women’s History Month/Plants oh my

Women’s History Month Quiz

Thanks to our 4th graders here are some questions from their reports.How many can you get right?

Famous Women Scientist (answers below)

1.Do you know who the first woman to be appointed as a professor at a university was? (Clue- it was in the 1700’s)

2.Who is best know for their work with apes? (Clue- their are 2 of them)

3.Who wrote the book Coming of Age in Samoan?(Clue-her first and last name start with the same letter)

4.Who was the first woman to find a comet, and also was the first to make a living as a scientist?(Clue-1800’s)

5.Who studied Uranus and its gravitational pull,which lead to discovering Neptune?(Clue-she worked with her brother)

The 3rd grades acting out the life cycle of a plant ,and what it needs to survive.

2nd graders are busy finding out about how water travels in a plant. Do you know the veins in celery are like the ones in your body! Also we started planting some of our bean plants.

Do you know that shamrocks are from the oxalis plant?

I got the experience of flying high over the Green Swamp in a hot air balloon.

Answers-1.Maria Agnesi,2.Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey ,3.Margaret Mead 4.Caroline Herschel,5.Mary Somerville

Have a wonderful Spring Break!!!