Instructional Video

Great Minds: Marie Curie

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Marie Curie was a genius and a hard-working, selfless, groundbreaking scientist. A video discusses her work, her personal life, and how impressive both were for the time and place she was born. 

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Instructional Ideas
  • Construct a timeline of Marie Curie's life
  • Research the Curie family, the family with more Nobel Prizes than any other
Classroom Considerations
  • Be aware that YouTube comments can contain material not appropriate for the classroom, though surprisingly these look safe at the time of this review
  • Video is the 23rd in a series of 25
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Contains many cross-curricular connections to chemistry, physics, history, and women's studies
  • Includes closed captioning for ease of note taking
  • Engaging puppets keep the audience entertained
Cons
  • None