Katherine Johnson by Katharine Poche https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0 en-us 2020-12-11 13:52:25 UTC 2026-02-07 16:55:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Research Questions & Answers pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1009712024 Q1: How did she impact other women wanting to work in the industry?
A1: She impacted women by being their role model. Most women, especially women of color, were scared to ask their boss or apply for a job other than what is expected of them to do. What they were expected to do was sit in a chair and file paperwork. Katherine showed them if you belive in yourself, and work hard, and have courage, you can make it one day.
Q2: Why did Katherine want to work for NASA?
A2: Katherine wanted to work there simply because she was aware of her skill level in math, and it was her dream to use that skill for a job one day.
Q3: What caused Katherine’s success?
A3: She had to work very hard to get noticed by her boss, have courage against racist people who belived she didn’t have anything to offer, and she believed in what she could do.
]]> 2020-12-11 14:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1009712024 Katherine Johnson- Who was she? pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1020571327
  • Katherine Johnson was a mathematician who lived in the 1900s
  • She was the first African American woman to work for NASA in a non-accountant job
  • A big part of her story is that lots of the people that worked there looked down on her because she was a person of color, and a woman.
    • ]]>     2020-12-15 16:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1020571327     Final Thesis pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1027698506 Katherine Johnson impacted NASA and the space industry in a way that was never expected. She made it possible for more women of color to work in that type of environment.]]> 2020-12-17 13:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1027698506 Community & Global Mindedness: mostly fulfilled pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1027719538
  • I feel like this category really goes with my topic because of the aspect of bias within a system, because there was definitely a lot of bias in the people Katherine worked with.
  • I can recognize the lack of inclusion, and the bias within a system by looking into the people around Katherine, who were biased of women and people of color. (there’s not a lot of equity involved in the perspective of my topic)
  • I can demonstrate curiosity, because I have so many questions to ask about my topic.
  • The last statement seems challenging, but I think could at least maybe involve students
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  • Katherine Johnson was an extraordinary mathematician who had extreme talent
  • She was prepared to prove to people that she could accomplish more than the people working there who looked down on her.
  • The aftermath of her work resulted in more women and people of color to work at NASA.
    • ]]>     2020-12-18 14:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1031237422     The Impact She Had pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1031278129 She impacted the NASA work industry for women and people of color with her persistence and amazing performance of math. A way that she affected NASA’s work industry, is that back in the 1900s, there would be all white people working there, and the women’s jobs there were to do paperwork. Katherine wanted to do math, it had been a passion from when she was a child. She showed her boss her skill, and he was amazed. She began doing math there for the spacecraft and other things like that. If you were to visit that part of the NASA industry in today’s world, you would see a variety of people of color, and white people. And the women there wouldn’t only be doing paperwork, they would also be doing math and coding and stuff like that.]]> 2020-12-18 14:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1031278129 Flexibility and Adaptability: fulfilled pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1051913413
  • I have demonstrated the ability to change tracks on things, such as when I was going to just write a paper-type thing about Katherine Johnson. I changed tracks to instead move the information into a google slide, so that people would actually want to look at it.
  • I haven’t had a situation where I have had to acknowledge and respond to differences in productive ways. But if I did have that situation, I would take action in that way.
  • Understanding that uncertainty is a part of a changing environment is something that I can understand.
    • ]]>     2021-01-04 14:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1051913413     Best CRAAP Test pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1055587858 This CRAAP test had the reliable information I needed for my project.]]> 2021-01-05 14:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1055587858 Critical Thinking: fulfilled pochekatharine https://padlet.com/pochekatharine/gwpfenbmd5cnf7b0/wish/1055646386
  •   I am able to develop and innovate solutions, when I had a problem with my topic not making sense, I narrowed it down from the idea of aerospace evolving, into the idea of a woman who made history in that industry.
  •  analyzing complex issues and information is something that goes with my topic. I can analyze complex issues like sexism and racism in the story of Katherine Johnson. I analyze information to make sure it is reliable, like when we used CRAAP tests.
  • I collect evidence for my statements to make sure 1. everything makes sense, and 2. so that I have something to back up what I’m saying in case someone were to challenge my information.
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