Young Alex
Alexander was born in this country.
➡️ What is Germany? (Prussia is also correct.)
This was Alexander’s older brother’s name.
➡️ Who is Wilhelm?
Alexander was very curious about this — plants, animals, rocks, and the outdoors.
➡️ What is nature?
Alexander went to special schools because his family had this.
➡️ What is money?
In Alexander’s time, traveling to other countries was done mostly by this. *hint, not a car but ______
➡️ What is ship?
As a child, Alexander loved to collect these things from nature.
➡️ What are plants, rocks, bugs, or leaves?
Alexander’s family had a lot of this (they were not poor).
➡️ What is money?
He didn’t just read about science — he liked to go outside and do this.
➡️ What is observe or explore?
His mother made sure he had many teachers to help him _____.
➡️ What is learn or study?
Many explorers traveled to find gold or this shiny metal.
➡️ What is silver?
Alexander liked being outside more than sitting in this place.
➡️ What is a classroom?
After his father died, this parent raised him.
➡️ Who is his mother?
Alexander carefully wrote down what he saw in these.
➡️ What are notebooks?
Later, Alexander studied this job that works with rocks underground.
➡️ What is mining?
Alexander wanted to explore the world to study this.
➡️ What is nature?
People called him “The Little _____” because he collected nature items.
➡️ What is Apothecary?
His mother wanted him to have a safe job working for the _____.
➡️ What is the government?
He didn’t study nature to get rich — he studied it because he loved to _____.
➡️ What is learn or discover?
Even in school, Alexander was known for asking lots of these.
➡️ What are questions?
Alexander believed science should be shared with ____________, not just rich people.
➡️ Who is everyone? / the public? / the poor?
Even as a boy, Alexander dreamed of doing this around the world.
➡️ What is exploring or traveling?
Alexander and his brother were very different in this way — Alexander loved nature, but Wilhelm loved this.
➡️ What are books, learning, or languages?
Alexander believed everything in nature was __________.
➡️ What is connected?
Alexander liked learning best by going outside and doing this.
➡️ What is exploring or observing?
During his lifetime, many people were starting to believe in science and asking questions about the world. This time was called the __________.
➡️ What is the Enlightenment?
(You can accept “a time of new ideas.”)