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Finding Dulcinea: Marie Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on Marie Curie, who won two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry for her discoveries in radioactivity and radioactive elements.
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Online Stuff: Marie Curie and the History of Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Nobel Prize winner, Marie Curie's life, and her historical work with radioactivity.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a lecture given by Nanny Froman at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Sotckholm, Sweden. "Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium" is organized into several sections including:...
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Madame Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about Marie Curie's scientific discoveries in radiation, which resulted in the creation of both modern cancer treatments and the atomic bomb.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Discovery of Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an overview of the discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in 1896.