Mae Jemison in Space (October 1992
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Autobiography
Short autobiography of Mae Jemison posted by NOVA’s Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers.
- An overview of her life in a short video, the most important parts of her life are talked about by Mae herself.
- This differentiates learning for students by giving a brief overview of the person/whatever they may be learning.
- By using videos from Mae Jemison herself, the idea of women in STEM may stick with the students forever.
Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life by Dr. Mae Jemison
- This resource is text-based and is an autobiography about Dr. Mae Jemison’s journey throughout her life.
- A teacher can assign this as a reading book and create different activities for the students to complete such as thing-pair-shares about the sections of reading, students can dress up as Mae Jemison, and the list goes on.
- By using text-based resources, learning can be tailored to all through differentiated learning, expectations can be different for every student.
Biography
This interactive Web Resource has a short biography of Mae Jemison as well as a “did you know?” and a question about her with an answer button.
- There is also hyperlinked words such as “NASA” in the article that brings you to the definition or meaning of NASA
A biographical piece on Mae Jemison from the National Women's History Museum
Resources from Holly Charette (March 2020)
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