Black History Month STEM 2022

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Across
  1. 5. a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
  2. 6. persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success
  3. 10. any of six international awards given annually for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace.
  4. 14. NASA's first African American supervisor
  5. 16. the scientific study of human behaviour, culture, society and linguistics
  6. 18. the first African American woman in the US to earn a PhD in Chemistry
  7. 23. knowledge or perception of a situation or fact
  8. 24. can't be seen
  9. 25. inventiveness
  10. 27. made a difference to
  11. 28. The Black Nurse who became a Heroine of the Crimea
  12. 30. a small group of people within a community or country, differing from the main population in race, religion, language, or political persuasion
  13. 31. the action of helping or doing work for someone
  14. 32. a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products
  15. 33. a grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement
Down
  1. 1. an expert in or student of the branch of science concerning the chemical processes occuring within living organisms
  2. 2. Author, anthropologist and filmmaker who established a school of dramatic arts at Bethune-Cookman University
  3. 3. an act of concentrating interest or activity on something
  4. 4. the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Science degree
  5. 7. a fire-fighting foam which smothered oil and gasoline fires. This was particularly useful on ships and aircraft carriers
  6. 8. deoxyribonucleic acid
  7. 9. the research chemist and pioneer who designed and supervised the construction of the world’s first plant for the production of isolated soy protein
  8. 11. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  9. 12. the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples
  10. 13. a computer programming language that is used for scientific and algebraic applications
  11. 15. science technology engineering and mathematics
  12. 17. one of the first developers of groundbreaking atmospheric computer models
  13. 18. a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease
  14. 19. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
  15. 20. The Presidential Medal of Freedom America's highest civilian honour was awarded to this black woman by Barack Obama
  16. 21. set apart from each other; isolated or divided
  17. 22. NASA’s first black female engineer
  18. 26. the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
  19. 29. persons of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way.