Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
by Winifred Conkling
The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists’... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2016
Word Count 47,162
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1160L
- ATOS Reading Level: 9.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 178913, 9.0 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Nuclear fission--Juvenile literature
- Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Joliot-Curie, Iraene
- Meitner, Lise
- Joliot-Curie, Irè€ne, 1897-1956--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Women scientists--France--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Physics
- Germany
- Radioactivity
- France
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Nuclear fission
- Women scientists
- Women scientists--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Radioactivity--Juvenile literature
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- STEM Books for Girls
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Winifred Conkling
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 1
Author Insights by Winifred Conkling
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator Guide from Algonquin Young Readers
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Andrea Gallo
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2023
Commended, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
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