Katherine
Let’s keep a list here of all the “rights” and “wrongs” Katherine discovers throughout the book: (5)
Whites and blacks could not attend the same school
● Women could not work at the same jobs ans men
● People said women could only be teachers and nurses
● Women were not allowed to attend the space team meetings
● The problem was too difficult to solve
Name 3 ways Katherine was like the other computers?
Used a calculator, solved long math equations, wrote answers on huge data sheet
What did Charles conclude about spiders?
What did he mean by “intelligent action”?
Spiders wove by instinct, but it was just right for their home meaning they could learn!
List the six things Charles discovered ants use to find their way home.
Sight, sound, touch, smell, the movement of its body, & sunlight
Who was Pavlov and what did he train dogs to do?
How did Charles repeat this experiment?
Russian scientist/drool when they heard a bell/
Charles trained moths to beat their wings when they heard a whistle
What does “calculate” mean? What did she learn to calculate in advanced geometry?
count, compute, figure out, measure
a parabola
14.How was Katherine different from the other computers?
How did this help or benefit her?
She asked questions!
The men invited her to join their space team.
15.What is a “crustacean”?
List three types of crustaceans Charles studied with his microscope.
Aquatic animal with exoskeleton
like crabs and lobsters/seed shrimp, water fleas, wheel animals
What is the “Tournoiement de Turner”?
The wandering path of a lost ant named by a French scientist
Which bug did he study so much he became the world’s first expert?
Doodle bug (Ant lion)
What was Katherine’s first job after college? Why? What did Katherine believe about women?
Math teacher
women were limited in jobs- Women could be anything
What was the overall goal of the space team?
What was the first mission of the space team?
What did the team ask Katherine to calculate?
Send an astronaut to the moon
a spaceflight
when it should blast off
16.What did Charles discover?
Why did he name it “Cypris herricki”?
New crustacean
after his friend and teacher
Where did Charles teach biology (name, city/state)?
What was special about this school?
Sumner HS/St. Louis, MO/
first African American HS west of Mississippi
Who is a “pioneer”?
Who is an “entomologist”?
Person who is first to explore
a person who studies insects
What job did she find next (name of research center)? Where (state)?
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in Virginia
What does “astounded” mean? (“Astounded by her geometry skills...”)
What three questions did Katherine ask to calculate the rocket’s flight path?
Surprised or shocked
Where should it splash down, How high should it fly, and When should it land?
What creature did he study next?
What did he wonder about ants?
Ants!
How did they find their way home?
What did Charles do to show that bees sense time?
Put out dishes of jam at each meal, and then removed them - bees kept coming back!
How did Charles believe biology could help people?
If we can see the connections between living things, we can see how humans should take care of one another too
What is an “engineer”?
What is a “computer”?
What is a “flight plan”?
design machines or engines, like airplanes/
computes calculations for the airplanes &flight plans/
all the calculations needed for a mission
On what date was America’s first spaceflight?
Who was the astronaut?
How long was the flight?
Where did it land?
May 5, 1961
/Alan Shephard/
15 minutes/
Atlantic Ocean
18.Describe his ant experiment.
He put the ants in a maze with colored ramps
Describe his bee experiment. What did he prove scientifically about bees?
Trained bees to find honey on red circles. They kept going to red even when he’d change the honey to other colors. Bees see color!
Are you ready for the Reading Playoffs tomorrow???
heck yes we are going to win!!