Scientists Who Selfie Crossword Puzzle
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- 2. she cured leprosy
- 4. she SHOULD have won a Nobel Prize for her contributions to the study of DNA
- 9. she won the Willams Bowie Medal
- 10. she is a really important ophthalmologist whose work helped cure some types of blindness
- 15. known for playing her favourite instrument, the flute, in space
- 17. English physicist who studied black holes
- 19. helped the world figure out why the ocean is blue
- 21. she is trying to get the world to protect chimpanzees
- 23. we can thank him for the Periodic Table
- 24. she won a Nobel Prize in chemistry
- 25. her images of the first coronavirus are still helping scientists figure out today's Covid 19
- 27. born in Iran he earned the Einstein Award
- 28. this scientist studied dark matter
- 29. not just an astronaut this scientist is also a businesswoman and doctor!
- 30. proved sharks can be trained
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- 1. an inventor and actress
- 3. this Saudi scientist is known for her breakthroughs in cancer research
- 5. he uses television and movies to teach us about the natural world
- 6. there would be no cell phones today without this guy's invention
- 7. often told she was wrong she helped map the ocean floor
- 8. an English biologist who helped us understand that plants and animals change over time in response to their environment
- 11. dinosaur expert
- 12. born in Germany and his branch of science was physics
- 13. she helped prove how using pesticides harms the environment
- 14. we know a lot more about hurricanes and storm systems thanks to her scientific research
- 16. an inventor and agricultural scientist know for his work with peanuts
- 18. often called "the mother of physics"
- 20. we know a lot more about rainforests because of her scientific discoveries
- 22. the first computer programmer
- 26. he discovered some pretty incredible things about bees and other insects