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| Atomic Dawn IIScientists had discovered the atom's nucleus, had determined that it was made of protons and neutrons, and had split it. But it remained to put these discoveries to use. In the early 1940s a team, under Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago, set out to create a sustained nuclear reaction.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| Atomic Dawn IIIWith the first sustained nuclear reaction in December, 1942, the Roosevelt Administration decided to harvest the energy of the atom by creating a weapon so powerful that it might possibly bring an end to World War II.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| Marie CurieThe winner of two Nobel prizes, the French physicist Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska near Warsaw, Poland, helped advance the understanding of radioactive substances.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science |
| Alchemy and Sir Isacc NewtonEnglish scientist and mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton, is regarded as one of the founders of modern science. Part science, part mysticism, part illusion, part religion, the medieval art of alchemy fascinated Isaac Newton.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science |
