African American Scientists/Inventors Research Quick Check by Landa Torrence https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv Write the name of your scientist/inventor, and three interesting things that you've learned about him/her through your research en-us 2023-02-27 18:16:53 UTC 2026-02-21 22:29:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Raylyn. 1904: Charles Drew born on June 3, in Washington D.C. 1939: Drew married Minnie Lenore Robbins, and they had four children. 1940: Completes his doctoral thesis, titled "Banked Blood: A Study in Blood Preservation". 1940: Drew was appointed medical supervisor of the "Plasma for Britain" project. https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496889474 2023-02-27 19:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496889474 Gabby taylor https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496889864 Gladys west 
1.contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth 
2.She was the second Black woman to be hired at the base and was one of only four Black employees
3.  West was admired for her ability to solve complex mathematical equations. She eventually transitioned from solving the equations herself to programming computers]]> 2023-02-27 19:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496889864 Jacob Schaap https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496891973 Katherine Johnson
-She did many essential calculations for NASA spaceflights.
-She lived over 100 years.
-Worked at NASA for 33 years.]]> 2023-02-27 19:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496891973 Josephine https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496894745 1. Granville attended school in Columbus, Ohio until age 10, but had to leave due to his family's poverty, which meant he needed to work; he served an apprenticeship in a machine shop and learned some of the trades of machinists and blacksmiths. 2. Back in Ohio in the summer of 1878, Woods was employed for eight months by the Springfield, Jackson and Pomeroy Railroad Company to work at the pumping stations and the shifting of cars in the city of Washington Court House, Ohio. 3. During this period, while traveling between Washington Court House and Dayton, Woods began to form ideas for what would later be credited as his most important invention: the "inductor telegraph."

]]> 2023-02-27 19:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496894745 Ellora Kaiser https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496898119 Richard Spikes 
1)He was a barber and learned to cut hair from his father.
2)He invented and got a patent for Automatic Safety Brake System.
3)Two of his younger brothers were musicians.]]> 2023-02-27 19:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496898119 Rylee https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496898279 George T. sampson
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When we first see Sampson in the public eye in 1885, he was living in Dayton, Ohio and he had invented and patented a sled propeller. It was a pedal-powered apparatus that eased travel through snow. Subsequently, in 1892, George T. Sampson developed and patented America's first automatic clothes dryer.

]]> 2023-02-27 19:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496898279 Clark https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496904271 Jerry Lawson December 1st 1940
Invented the first videogame


]]> 2023-02-27 19:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496904271 Clark https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496906165 His first game was coin opperated]]> 2023-02-27 19:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496906165 Samuel https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496914669 Without Emoji font: George Crum: 1. He was the inventor of the potato chip. 2. When a picky customer complained that George's french fries were too T H I C C, George frustratingly went back to the kitchen, cut the fries as thin as paper, covered them in grease, and covered them in a container to give them a crisp effect, so, when the chips were brought back into the kitchen, the guests loved them, so George decided to keep the chips that way. 3. A woman had the idea of putting potato chips in wax bags, which created the "bag of chips" concept. 4. After George finally died, many people were inspired to make potato chips of their own kind, and also add flavors to it, which also create most of the famous potato chip companies such as Cheetos, and Doritos. ]]> 2023-02-27 19:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496914669 Dallas Lightfoot dlightfoot2 https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496924665 Patricia Bath was born in 1942. She also has 1 sibling and grew up in New York.]]> 2023-02-27 19:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ltorrence3/6amunmpis5ih6hqv/wish/2496924665