Marie Curie: The Discoverer of Radium: A 15-Minute Biography

Name: Marie Curie: The Discoverer of Radium: A 15-Minute Biography
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Jeannie Meekins

Jul 2016 · 15-Minute Books Book 637 · Learning Island

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Maria Sklodowska was a Polish girl who wanted a proper education. She changed her name to and went to university in France. She met and married Pierre Curie and began to work with radioactivity.

Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. Hers was a life filled with firsts.

Find out more about this discoverer of radium in this short 15-minute children's biography.

Ages 10 and up.

Reading Level: 6.9

LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

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Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written numerous books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com.

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