Henrietta Lacks' Amazing Cells

The Everglades National Park Join us today as we learn about one of the largest and most diverse National Parks in the United States. Sources: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/pinelands/native-flora-and-fauna  https://www.everglades.org/the-everglades-handbook/section-2-environments-of-the-everglades/pinelands/  https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/national-park-system.htm  https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hardwoodhammock.htm  https://www.britannica.com/plant/bladderwort  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/nature/article/everglades  https://www.nps.gov/places/florida-bay.htm  Connors, Kathleen. Everglades National Park. Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2016.  Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message  Send an email: [email protected]   

Who Is Barack Obama? Join us today as we learn about the forty fourth President of the United States. Link to Sonya Sotomayor https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Who-Is-Barack-Obama-e1udj63 Sources: https://kidskonnect.com/people/barack-obama/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Barack_Obama https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/barack-obama https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Barack-Obama/470904 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Is Mae Jemison?  Join us today as we learn about the first black woman in space--Mae Jemison. Sources: https://kids.kiddle.co/Mae_Jemison https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mae-Jemison/327536 https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Have you ever heard of Ruby Bridges? Ruby became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement when she was only 6 years old and she is still alive today! Learn more about Ruby in this episode. Additional Resources: Books for Black History Month: blog.sonlight.com/books-black-history-month.html Digital download all about Ruby Bridges Sources: Time for Kids: Ruby Bridges Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Patricia Bath?  Join us today as we learn about Patricia Bath, the first black woman doctor to receive a patent. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Patricia-Bath/633097 hthttps://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-patricia-bathtps://www.thoughtco.com/patricia-bath-profile-1991374 https://www.biography.com/scientist/patricia-bath Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Henrietta Lacks' Amazing Cells. Join us today as we learn about the scientific contributions of Henrietta Lacks. Sources https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/ https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/importance-of-hela-cells.html https://www.biography.com/scientist/henrietta-lacks https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/henrietta-lacks-who-was-she-why-are-hela-cells-immortal.html Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Katherine Johnson?  Join us today as we learn about Katherine Johnson who served as a human computer for NASA in the early years of the space exploration program. Sources: https://www.biography.com/scientist/katherine-g-johnson https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-was-katherine-johnson-k4 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

Who Was Gordon Parks?  Join us today as we learn about the first black man to work as a photographer for Life magazine. Sources: https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/parks-photography.html  To see some of Gordon Park’s photographs https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Gordon-Parks/276289 https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/biography https://www.biography.com/artist/gordon-parks Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]

The Man Who Stood Up For What Is Right Join us today as we learn about the man who spent his life standing up for equal rights for all, Thurgood Marshall Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Thurgood-Marshall/353436  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/thurgood-marshall  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thurgood-marshall-sworn-in  https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/thurgood-marshall   Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message  Send an email: [email protected]   

Who Was Frederick Jones?  Join us today as we learn about the man who invented the refrigeration truck.   Sources: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/jones-frederick-mckinley-1893-1961/ https://www.thoughtco.com/frederick-mckinley-jones-4587799 https://www.biography.com/inventor/frederick-jones https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/frederick-mckinley-jones-28122.php https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Frederick-McKinley-Jones/471104 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: [email protected]