This is a book report Rachel wrote for Ms Moore’s 3rd grade
class this year. Marie Curie changed the world through science.
Marie and her husband discovered two new elements, polonium and
radium. Marie and two other scientists won the Nobel Prize in
physics. In 1910, she isolated radium in the form of a metal.
Marie won a second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry. Some of
her main struggles were that her husband was killed in an
accident right after they won the prize. Marie’s main struggle
was that people treated her differently because she was a woman.
Her accomplishments inspire me to work harder in science. She
proves that women can be as good as men in science. One of my
favorite quotes of hers is: “You cannot hope to build a better
world without improving and, at the same time, share a general
responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to
aid those to whom we think can be most useful.” -Marie Curie Her
research into radiation helped others discover the structure of
the atom. Even though