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Since
this is your new school, you’ll want to be familiar with the man for
whom the school is named. This will provide you with great information for
sharing at the dinner table or while visiting your grandparents or next
door neighbor. They’ll be SO impressed by your brilliance! So, who was Linus Pauling? You probably know that he wasn’t a president of the |
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Remember to put your name and date on the top
right corner of your paper.
Your title (listed above) goes on the first line.
Begin each answer on a new line.
Use complete sentences with correct spelling. Linus Pauling would approve!
(HINT: you can easily make a sentence by
turning the question ‘inside out!’)
Have fun and learn a lot!
1.
Linus Pauling died in 1994 at the age of 93.
Where and when was he born?
find the answer at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/lpbio/lpbio2.html
2.
Linus Pauling moved several times as a child. Name three cities
that he lived in and three activities that occupied his time as a child.
find the answer at: http://www.paulingexhibit.org/exhibit/early.html
3.
Linus Pauling married Ava Pauling. How did they meet
each other and when were they married?
find the answer at: http://www.paulingexhibit.org/exhibit/college.html
4.
Where did Linus Pauling get his education? Read
carefully.
find the answer at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/lpbio/lpbio2.html
5.
What did Linus Pauling win that no other person in
the whole world has ever won?
find the answer at: http://www.wic.org/bio/lpauling.htm
6.
What vitamin
do we think about when people think about Linus Pauling? Can you name a food
filled with that vitamin?
find the answer at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/lpbio/lpbio2.html
7.
Linus
Pauling was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. What significant thing
happened on the day they announced his award? Why was this significant?
find the
answer at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/lpbio/lpbio2.html
8.
What was one
of his most important contributions as a scientist?
Find
the answer at: http://www.paulingexhibit.org/exhibit/scientist.html
Don’t
lose your notes as we’ll be doing something with all of your information.