SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016
© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
Vol. 32, No. 07
Black Inventors and Science Pioneers
Touching Lives Every Day
George Washington Carver was
born a slave, but he grew up to
be one of America’s greatest
scientist. He invented more
than 300 products made from
peanuts!
Photo: nanoman657
Follow the maze to match each inventor
with their invention.
This NASA engineer is
best known for inventing the
Super Soaker water blaster.
The success of his invention
has funded his own research
and he now has more than
100 inventions to his name.
Use the code to discover this
inventor’s name.
it was hard for a black child to
get into school when Carver
was young but. He never gave
up. He eventually finished
skool and got a job as a teacher
at a school in Alabama.
Carver wanted to help poor
farmers. He told them to grew
peanuts. The farmers thought
peanuts were weeds.
Carver invited some farm to
lunch. They had soup, mock
chicken, creamed vegetables,
bread, salad, ice cream, cookies
and coffee.
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He invented a machine that
could quickly attach the top
of a shoe to the sole. The
machine made shoes ten
times faster than by hand,
making shoes more
affordable.
Are you an eagle-eyed
reader? Read the story
below and circle the seven
errors you find. Then
rewrite the story correctly.
Peanut Professor
Have you ever ridden in an elevator, worn shoes, played with a Super
Soaker or used a microphone? Then your life has been touched by an
African-American scientist.
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Imagines their surprise when
Carver told them that every-
thing was made with peanuts!
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Replace the missing
words.
Mae Jemison has always
had big ________. Her
big dreams took her into
space! She is the first
African-American female
_______________ . In
1992, she flew aboard the
space shuttle Endeavor.
Mae loved ___________
and dancing as a child. In
college she decided to ___________
medicine. After becoming a doctor, she
went to Africa with the Peace Corps.
When she returned _____, she decided to
follow another dream—to be an astronaut.
Look through the
newspaper for ten
words that describe
inventors. Use these
words to write
a poem or a
paragraph about
inventors.
Standards Link: Research: Use the
newspaper to locate information.
Cut and paste these sentences in the correct order to discover
the beginnings of Black History Month.
MICROPHONE
AMERICAN
AFRICAN
COLLEGE
SCIENCE
HISTORY
INVENT
DREAMS
FEMALE
PEACE
HONOR
BLACK
HAND
SONG
AIR
Watch the newspaper for articles and pictures
about important men and women in the world
of science. Write a short paragraph about each.
Keep all of your clippings and paragraphs in a
notebook or folder called STEM Newsmakers.
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S P E A C E C R E S
C K D A H O
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This week’s word:
AUTOMATIC
The adjective automatic
means a device that acts or
is set in motion by itself.
The grocery store doors
opened automatically as
I walked toward them.
Try to use the word
automatic in a sentence
today when talking with your
friends and family members.
If it were possible for you to
be anything in the world,
what would you want to be?
What would you do if this
happened to come true?
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