Weblinks and videos for use with 12643 – Women in Science for KS3
Case Study 1: Mary Anning
Further work/reading
Useful websites
- Mary Anning: the unsung hero of fossil discovery
- Lyme Regis Museum - Mary Anning
- Mary Anning's letters
Case Study 2: Katherine Johnson
Further work and a film to watch
Useful websites
- Katherine Johnson Biography
- New Scientist - Katherine Johnson
- Katherine Johnson: Pioneering NASA mathematician
- Life Story: Katherine Johnson (1918–2020)
- The True Story of “Hidden Figures,” the Forgotten Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Case Study 3: Ada Lovelace
Useful websites
- Women Heroes - Ada Lovelace
- Ada Lovelace Inventions and Accomplishments
- Ada Lovelace and the first computer programme in the world
- CHM - Ada Lovelace
- Who was Ada?
Case Study 4: Marie Curie
Useful websites
- Britannica - Marie Curie
- Marie Curie Biographical
- Marie Curie (Brandon Lutnick, March 20, 2019)
- Marie and Pierre Curie are awarded Nobel Prize for their work with radium
Case Study 5: Rosalind Franklin
Useful websites
- Biogrpahy - Rosalind Franklin
- Sexism in science: did Watson and Crick really steal Rosalind Franklin’s data?
- Rosalind Franklin's life
- Britannica - Rosalind Franklin