Meet Tu Youyou, the first woman from China to win a Nobel Prize. Display a poster of Youyou in your classroom to inspire young scientists to persevere where others have failed. Her discovery of artemisinin to cure malaria has saved millions.

Concepts

malaria, famous women, women's history, women's history month, diseases, parasites

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science

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Instructional Ideas

• Here's a video that tells viewers more about this amazing woman
• Display her poster in March, during Women's History Month 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a special printer to create an enlarged version of the poster

Pros

• The poster details the amount of research required to find the cure

Cons

• None