Non-fiction, science, scientists, females, ground-breaking, award-winning
Fantastically Great Women Scientists and their Stories
by Kate Pankhurst
Key information
Author: Kate Pankhurst
Illustrator: Kate Pankhurst
Release Date: 4th Feb 2021
Book type: Non-fiction, 184 pages, paperback
Star rating: ★★★★★
Reader level: Growing Reader/ Content (7+)
Age: Year 4+
Overview
This book is a gateway into scientific discoveries for young children.
With captivating illustrations, this book illuminates some of the best and most impressive female scientists in history, giving them the platform that they deserved but were denied at the time of their discoveries.
This book is an excellent way to engage children in science, presenting facts, language and ideas in a fun and accessible way.
In this book, you will learn about the fantastically amazing:
- Mae Jemison (first black woman in space)
- Marie Curie (radioactivity)
- Elizabeth Blackwell (first woman to earn a medical degree)
- Janaki Ammal (Indian botanist)
- Katia Krafft (volvanologist)
- Caroline Herschel (first professional female astronomer)
- Tu Youyou (discovered treatment for malaria)
- Rosalind Franklin (studied structure of DNA)
and a few other brilliant female scientists!
Key concepts/themes
- Science
- Female scientists
- Feminism
- Hidden heroes
- Achievements
- Discoveries
- Ground-breaking research
- Nominations
- Recognition
Considerations
Lots of Tier 3 language!
Curriculum links
- Science: female scientists, scientific discoveries
- Mae Jemison (first black woman in space)
- Marie Curie (radioactivity)
- Elizabeth Blackwell (first woman to earn a medical degree)
- Janaki Ammal (Indian botanist)
- Katia Krafft (volvanologist)
- Caroline Herschel (first professional female astronomer)
- Tu Youyou (discovered treatment for malaria)
- Rosalind Franklin (studied structure of DNA)
Additional teaching opportunities
Writing
-Explanation texts (various scientific discoveries)
-Newspaper reports (various scientific discoveries)
-Non-chronological report (various scientific discoveries)
-Biography (various female scientists)
-Chronological report (life of a particular female scientist)
-Fact file (scientific concept)
-Non-fiction report (with illustrations)
-Letters (to various scientists)
-Discussion text (Why were female scientists not recognised?)
2. RSHE -
- Stereotypes
- History of female rights
- Equality
3. History
- Female rights
- Major scientific discoveries
4. Art
- Volcanos, plants, fossils, space etc
Vocabulary
This book is overflowing with brilliant vocabulary, in particular Tier 3 language that covers a huge range of scientific topics!
As a science-lover, this book brings me so much joy and I just love to see my class enjoying it too!
| Tier 2 | TIer 3 |
|---|---|
| ambition, career, recognition, prejudice, stereotype, cure, discover, research, emitted, university, retirement | physician, dispensary, astronaut, astronomer, botanist, volcanologist, cinematographer, DNA, malaria, radioactive, compound, chromosomes, cytogenetics, acidic, typhus |
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