Girls, do you know what you want to be when you grow up? May I recommend something scientific? It's an exciting, ever changing field with so, so many possibilities. Read now about some of the many outstanding women who have made contributions to the advancement of science.
Perhaps while looking you'll find a hero or two for yourself among this group. Just know there is scientific progress happening daily (if not hourly) and the World Wide Web is a great tool for tracking it!
there are some beginning Treasure Hunts around databases of Women of Science available on the World Wide Web. Try solving from my clues and then come up with your own choice, maybe chronological, by specialty, by country, by name...you choose. Better still, go out on the Web and find more sources that I have missed and let me know about them, I'd love to hear from you.
Using the 4000 Years of Women in Science website (below) answer the following questions.
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
How many languages did Maria Agnesi speak?
How long ago did En Hedu'Anna live?
Which formula did Mary Hebraea discover?
What is Hildegard von Bingen's connection to Newton?
Which copmuter term, named for a moth, did Grace Hopper invent?
What was Lady Augusta Ada Byron's full title?
What is the name of the comet Maria Mitchell discovered in 1847?
Apart from rabbits, what was Beatrix Potter's scientific research topic?
Which useful machine did Ellen Eglui invent?
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