https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a en-us 2019-02-04 14:41:15 UTC 2019-03-04 14:38:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327333783 George Washington Carver, was an American agricultural scientist and inventor.]]> 2019-02-04 15:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327333783 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327338429 was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts though not peanut butter as is often claimed  sweet potatoes and soybeans. Born an African American slave a year before the practice was outlawed Carver left home at a young age to pursue education and would eventually earn a master’s degree in agricultural science from Iowa State University.]]> 2019-02-04 15:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327338429 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327740942 At age 11 Carver left the farm to attend an all black school in the nearby town of Neosho.He was taken in by an African American couple Mariah and Andrew Watkins for whom he did odd jobs while attending school for the first time. ]]> 2019-02-05 13:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327740942 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327742616 Carver set to work on finding alternative uses for these products. For example he invented numerous products from sweet potatoes including edible products like flour and vinegar and non food items such as stains dyes paints and writing ink.]]> 2019-02-05 13:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327742616 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327744697 Born: Around 1865
Died: January 5, 1943 age 79
Categories: Scientists, African Americans
Region of Missouri: Southwest
Missouri Hometown: Diamond]]> 2019-02-05 13:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327744697 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327747476 George Washington Carver was born on a farm near Diamond, Missouri, in Newton County about 1865. His mother, Mary, was owned by Moses and Susan Carver.]]> 2019-02-05 13:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327747476 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327747539 George Washington Carver was born on a farm near Diamond Missouri in Newton County about 1865. His mother Mary was owned by Moses and Susan Carver.]]> 2019-02-05 13:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327747539 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327847855 was a world famous chemist who made important agricultural discoveries and inventions. His research on peanuts sweet potatoes and other products helped poor southern farmers vary their crops and improve their diets.]]> 2019-02-05 16:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/327847855 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/329891479 George Washington Carver's work at the helm of the Tuskegee Institute’s agricultural department included groundbreaking research on plant biology, much of which focused on the development of new uses for crops including peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans and pecans.

]]> 2019-02-11 15:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/329891479 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/329892370 Contrary to popular belief, George Washington Carver did not invent peanut butter. However he did do a lot of research into new and alternate uses for peanuts. 

]]> 2019-02-11 15:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/329892370 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/329895040 Carver also spoke about the possibilities for racial harmony in the United States.]]> 2019-02-11 15:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/329895040 lyndee_wallace https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/331321203 Susan raised George and his older brother James as their own children. They encouraged George to continue his intellectual.]]> 2019-02-14 15:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lyndee_wallace/k30f924iax5a/wish/331321203