https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07 Famous Scientist en-us 2017-05-19 16:05:59 UTC 2024-04-30 14:18:57 UTC hello@padlet.com eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173175681 George Washington Carver was born in 1864 as a slave.  His family lived on a farm in Diamond Grove, Missouri.  His mother was named Mary, who was owned by Moses Susan Carver.  When George was still young, he and his mother were kidnapped by slave traders.  Moses Carver went searching for the two but only found George left on the road.  After slavery ended, George and his brother James were raised by the Carvers who had no children of their own.  They taught them how to read and write.  Even though slavery had ended, there were not many schools for African-Americans like George.  He eventually graduated from a high school in Kansas.  George was especially interested in art, plants, and science.  A teacher of his suggested that he study botany, which is study of plants and animals. Carver went to Iowa College to study botany.  He became the best botany student in his class.  ]]> 2017-05-22 15:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173175681 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173183651 George Washington Carver accomplished many things in his lifetime. Carver earned a Bachelors Degree in Science as well as a Master Degree. Carver went on to become the first African American professor at Iowa State. In 1896, Booker T. Washington opened an all-black college in Alabama, called Tuskegee.  He invited Carver to go there to teach. He ended up staying at this college the rest of his life. Carver also invented hundreds of products that were made from sweet potatoes, peanuts, and cotton stalks. Some examples are; cooking oil and dyes for clothing and soaps. In addition to creating new products, he also helped improve farming. He taught his students about crop rotation. This helps keep the soil full of nutrients. As a result of his teachings about agriculture, President Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress made January 5th, George Washington Carver Day, in his honor.]]> 2017-05-22 15:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173183651 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173449059 January 1864- January 5, 1943]]> 2017-05-23 17:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173449059 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173660256 *No one knows his exact birthday.
*Carver's family could not afford a pencil so he made a holder and used a pencil that was 1/4 inch long.
*He was the first African American professor at Iowa College.
*Thomas Edison offered him $100,000 a year to work for him, however Carver said no because he thought he could do more good at Tuskegee.
*He found over 100 uses for  peanuts! ]]> 2017-05-24 15:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/173660256 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/174449680 2017-05-30 16:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/174449680 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/174646378 George Washington Carver had many obstacles he had to overcome.  He was born a slave.  Then when he was a baby he was kidnapped, with his mother, by slave traders.  His family was so poor that they didn't  have money to afford to buy school supplies.  In addition when he first applied to Iowa College they accepted him, but when they found out he was black he could not go.  As you can see, George Washington Carver had many obstacles he had to overcome.]]> 2017-05-31 15:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/174646378 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175218843 A short video about his life.]]> 2017-06-05 14:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175218843 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175220047 George Washington Carver in his lab.]]> 2017-06-05 14:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175220047 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175220432 George Washington Carver in his home.]]> 2017-06-05 14:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175220432 eweng2 https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175220941 George Washington Carver inventing products made with peanuts.]]> 2017-06-05 14:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eweng2/mp3504i9sh07/wish/175220941