Across
- 2. Dr. Beverly Tatum is a teacher and psychologist who studies _____ and the ways that race affects how young people understand themselves.
- 3. Astronaut Mae Jemison is the first Black woman sent to _____. She and her crew circled the Earth over 120 times in 8 days!
- 4. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a popular ______ communicator on the Internet. He explains complicated concepts and new innovations in plain language for regular people.
- 6. Katherine Johnson’s genius-level _____ skills helped NASA launch rockets into space. That’s a lot of addition and subtraction!
- 8. Kimberly Bryant is an electrical engineer who founded Black Girls Code, an organization that teaches black girls _______ programming.
- 9. Dr. Bruce Obviagele is a neurologist (meaning, he studies the ______) that focuses on how to help vulnerable populations (like minorities, country people, veterans, and more) survive and prevent strokes.
Down
- 1. Dr. Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker, a toy gun that sprays LOTS of _____. Lots of kids have lots of summer fun because of him!
- 3. Aprille Ericsson is an aerospace engineer who has worked on projects that sent satellites from Earth to other bodies in the solar ______ .
- 5. When you get online, you have Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson to thank! Her research in physics led to inventions like fiber optic cables – which leads to fast ______.
- 7. Before Google, there was “Archie”, the very first Internet ______ engine. He was created and named by computer scientist Alan Emtage.