US Universities
Medical Inventions
Advancements in Medicine
The Birds and the Bees
US Education
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Founded on October 28, 1636, this first university was originally called New College and was established to train Puritan ministers

Harvard University

100

 This medical instrument has a disc-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces.

Stethoscope


100

This was discovered in September 1928 by Alexander Fleming in London.

Penicillin

100

This is the main ingredient bees collect from flowers to make honey

Nectar 

100

This was first introduced in schools around 1884 to provide children with a break from academic tension and support their physical and mental well-being.

Recess

200

This is an undergraduate senior secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut

Skull and Bones Society

200

The Earliest Form of this was Made of Leather and wood found in Cairo Egypt dating back to 950BC

Prosthetic Limb

200

A hormone crucial for regulating blood glucose, was first isolated in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles Best 

Insulin

200

This bird is the only living bird that can swim underwater using its wings like flippers. 


The Penguin 

200

Originating in 1940's this term was coined for Children who carried a key around their neck and returned to an unsupervised home

Latchkey Kids

300

This University is famous for have the most wins in NCAA Football history currently standing at 1003 wins

MICHIGAN WOLVERINES

300

Sir Christopher Wren is credited with creating this, first successful in 1656. He used a pig's bladder and a writing quill to administer this therapy 

intravenous (IV) infusion device

or IV 

300

In 1796 Edward Jenner develops and documents the first of these for smallpox

Vaccines 

300

Bees use this dance to communicate to other bees where food can be found

The Waggle Dance

300

Horace Mann became the father of this, Which Began in Massachusetts in 1845 

Standardized Testing

400

This University has produced the most U.S. presidents, with eight alumni who have served as president 

Harvard University

400

This non-invasive medical imaging technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues inside the body.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

400

 The first modern of this began in the 1890s with Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer in Vienna, who developed what they called the “talking cure”

Psychotherapy or Therapy

400

This bird is often called the “laughing bird” because of its distinctive call

 Kookaburra

400

In 1918 this Act solidified K–12 as the US educational standard. 

The Fisher Act

500

This University is known for having the most graduates. As of early 2023, it reported over 1.078 million alumni, 

The University of Phoenix 

500

In 1950, John Hopps, a Canadian electrical engineer, developed the first external one these


Pacemaker

500

This first successful medical procedure took place on December 23, 1954.

Human Organ Transplant (kidney transplant)

500

Unlike most birds, this bird has nostrils located near the tip of its bill and is famous for having a highly developed sense of smell, which it uses to locate food.

The Kiwi

500

This Person Became the First Secretary of Education under Jimmy Carter

Shirley M. Hufstedler