Young Inventors
Short Film: Caine Monroy created a working cardboard arcade in his father's garage.
Story: Just 11, inventor Amanda Paulson worked to improve lead water testing
Story: At just nine years old, Kelly designed thigh packs to hold computer games.
Quinn Callander: Listen and Read Along Story with Text and Audio
Quinn Callander, age 13, invented protective gear for face masks during COVID-19.
Story about young inventor Caine Monroy.
Short Film: What do trees know that we don't? 13-year-old inventor Aiden set out to find out.
Youth Environmentalists
Story: Licypriya Kangujam is a climate activist from India who has delivered speeches in 32 countries.
Short Film: There are now a higher number of plastics in the ocean than the number of fish. Mabon and his mum clean beaches where they live.
Short Film: Nine-year-old Milo Cress is concerned about the millions of straws that pollute waterways, waste fossil-fuel resource and harm ocean creatures.
Short Films for Younger Students
Films Produced, Artwork, and Stories Written by Younger Students
Short Film: This is a documentary made by a 3rd grade student about Mary Jackson.
Short Film about Katherine Johnson and why she is an American hero.
Story written by a student using a graphic organizer.
Story and Artwork by Elementary Students honoring Mae Jemison.
Artwork honoring David Suzuki.
Story and Artwork by an elementary student honoring astronaut Sally Ride.
Artwork honoring Greta Thunberg
Artwork: A.P.J.Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Artwork honoring David Suzuki.
Artwork: Cody Friesen is my hero because his invention, the SOURCE hydropanel, draws drinkable water from moisturized air and sunlight.
MY HERO Early Reader Stories
Sylvia Earle is a marine biologist, author, and explorer of the sea.
Dame Jane Goodall is the world's leading expert in chimpanzees.
Naomi wrote an early reader story about William Kamkwamba and is going to write one about Katherine Johnson and Ellen Ochoa.
Short Film: Learn About the Life of a Marine Researcher
Short-documentary about The Diary of a Marine Researcher.
Learn How People are Working to Protect Whales and Other Marine Life
I think the subject matter in the organizer below here is too sophisticated for the grant.
Listen and Read: Stories with Text and Audio
Katherine Johnson plotted multiple flight courses for NASA, including the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the first spaceship to reach the moon.
Merieme Chadid is an astronomer from Morocco who did research at the South Pole.
Dr. France Cordova is a renowned astrophysicist who has broken gender and cultural barriers.
Andrea Mia Ghez is an astrophysicist best known for her discoveries about the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Madame Curie received the Nobel Prize for her discovery of Radium.
Alan Turing was a brilliant scientist and mathematician who laid the theoretical groundwork for the first computer.
Franklin Chang Diaz is a Costa Rican and American veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions.
David T. Suzuki has been teaching the public about the science of environmentalism for many years.
Having an issue connecting this story and the audio for the Ellen Ochoa story page. Just a note for Laura to followup. Spanish version does have the audio connected to the story page.
Ellen Ochoa is the first Hispanic female astronaut and a co-inventor of three patents. Story in English.
Ellen Ochoa is a hero because she was the first Hispanic woman astronaut. Audio Version of Story.
Story in Spanish with Audio so students can Listen as the Read Along.
Possible Films
SlingShot is the story of inventor Dean Kamen, his water purification technology, and his innovative approach to the safe water crisis.
Resources that are not at an elementary school level.
William Kamkwamba
Scientists, Mathematicians, Engineers, Technology
Katherine Johnson was an African American physicist and mathematician who made major contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs. Her life was an inspiration for the film Hidden Figures.
My Hero suggested viewing: Trailer for Hidden Figures (2016).
"HIDDEN FIGURES is the untold story of Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big."
Alan Turing was an English mathematician and computer scientist known as 'the father of modern computing'. His breaking of the Enigma code was the turning point of World War II and allowed the Allies to win the war.
Story written by a high school student.
Short film about Alan Turing.
Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Dr. Santona Ruli a student of nuclear physics who shares about her involvement with CERN. PASSWORD: k2commu008
David Suzuki is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. Suzuki was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia
Artwork
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Organizer created on 9/6/2023 1:06:59 PM by Laura Nietzer
Last edited 9/12/2023 2:58:00 PM by Laura Nietzer
