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12A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • FEBRUARY 13, 2019 © 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Photo: NASA s a child, Katherine Johnson lov loved ved t to count hes count. She counted the dish dishes. She counted the steps. She even counted stones. She simply counted everything! Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 35, No. 10 Awards and Honors To discover if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE, do the math. TRUE statements will have an even-numbered answer. FALSE statements will have an odd-numbered answer. Count the stars on this page. Then have a friend try. Who found the most? Katherine Johnson was given a flag that had gone to the moon. (18 + 4 = ) Let Me Go to School! Katherine was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. She was the youngest of four children and she Find the path couldn’t wait to join her siblings to school. at school! She used to follow them as they walked to school. Patience Hard Work Determination After graduating from college in 1937, Katherine became a teacher. Katherine said it was hard work to be good at math and her other subjects. And work hard she did. She skipped two grades in elementary school, and went on to get degrees in mathematics and French. Katherine’s community was segregated. That meant there were many places African-American people couldn’t go, including the local high school. Katherine’s parents were so determined that she have a good education that they moved the family 120 miles so Katherine and her siblings could attend high school. In 1953 she was hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and was finally able to use her math skills! A building is named after her at NASA’s Research Center in Virginia. (24 - 6 = ) Katherine Johnson won a gold medal in the 1960 Winter Olympics. (3 + 2 = ) Circle every other letter to discover where the family moved. KIDNUSWTVIBTCUZTNEMWQEFSRTEVWIGRCGNICNJISA President Obama gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 when she was 97. (28 - 8 = ) Curiosity Because of her intelligence, curiosity, and positive attitude, Katherine was asked to work on many different projects. When NACA turned its attention to space flight, it changed its name to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). The Human Computer Photo: NASA Katherine was asked to work on the complicated math problems that would establish the flight path for the spacecraft that would take the first American into space and back in 1961. Use the code to discover his name. She saw her story brought to light through the book and movie Hidden Figures. (4 + 4 + 4 = ) In 1953, computers were not as good as they are today and mathematicians, who were called “computers,” did the math needed for flight research. How fast did Friendship 7 travel in its 4 hour and 56 minute flight? Do the math! Persistence Katherine Johnson graduated college at the age of 18, the age most people graduate high school. (6 + 4 + 4 = ) Replace the missing words. Count the Numbers When Katherine was _____________ at NASA, women were not allowed in the spaceflight meeti uld meetings. She kept ____________ if she cou could even asking if there was against go, ev as a _______ ag ain nst it. persistence paid off and finally Her p nd she was finall ly invite _________. invited to attend all ______________. around 1962, as well as arou Earth in Friendship p 7 in 1 the A Apollo 11 and flights d 13 fli h to the h ________. Over time, even though electronic ectronic ______ ______ ___________ SA, Johnson rem took on more work at NASA, remained highly valued for her accuracy. She performed calculations for John Glenn’s successful orbits Working on these manned flight paths was Wor stressful. Katherine knew that if her calculations were off by even a few feet or seconds, the astronauts might not make it ___________! Take one page of the newspaper and circle all of the numbers you can find. Then, count the number of numbers! What do the different numbers show? miles per hour Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Standards Link: Students use strategies to understand literary passages Humility Katherine won many awards and made history for the space program, for women’s rights and for racial equality. But she always remained humble. She quoted her father. Replace the vowels to find out what her father would tell her. “Y_ _ AR_ AS G_ _D AS _NYB_DY. B_T Y_ _ ’RE N_ B_TT_R.” Standards Link: Follow simple written directions. KATHERINE CURIOSITY POSITIVE ACCURACY COMPUTER COUNTED DISHES ORBIT SPACE STEPS WHITE MATH PATH FOUR As a young student, Katherine would complete her homework and then help her older siblings with their homework. (15 + 5 = ) Find the words in the puzzle. How many of them can you find on this page? D K S P A C E W E A E W H I T E V N R C T Y T S O I R U C I N M B A D R T T O U U R P H E I I O M A H A T S E F R I E A C H T A M I O H A C N A H S T E P S E Y This week’s word: PERSISTENCE The noun persistence means to keep working at something in spite of difficulties or obstacles. With persistence, the volunteers were able to clean the creek. K R E T U P M O C S Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Use the word persistence in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. Mission Possible Find a Story of Character Katherine Johnson had many character traits that led to her successes. Look through the newspaper for an article about a successful person and make a list of character traits that help to make that person so successful. ANSWER: MATHachusetts! Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. If it were possible to be anything in the world, what would you want to be? 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