Fun Facts
Robert H. Goddard
As a kid, what did Bob Goddard try to make diamonds out of?
How did Bob prove that rockets could fly in space?
What type of fuel did Bob introduce to the rocket?
Alexander Calder
What career did Alexander “Sandy” Calder first pursue?
What materials did Sandy first use to make art as a kid?
What new style of art helped transform Sandy’s work?
Maria Sibylla Merian
What could have happened to Maria Sibylla Merian had she been caught studying flying insects?
What subjects did she first pretend to be focused on in her watercolors?
What theory did metamorphosis replace?
Luke Howard
What subject did Luke Howard not like in school that he later embraced?
Into what occupation did his father push Luke?
What three general groups of clouds did Luke introduce?
Joseph & Étienne Montgolfier
What did Joseph Montgolfier’s siblings call newly introduced toilet paper?
What did Étienne study to be?
What is a hot air balloon still referred to as today?
Science/engineering
A myriad of found materials, including buttons, string, clay and even sawdust
Abstraction
She could have been put to death for being a witch.
Flowers like roses and tulips
Spontaneous generation
Latin
Pharmacist/chemist
Cirrus, cumulus and stratus
Joseph’s paper
An architect
A montgolfière
An invitation to Sandy Calder's circus, a popular small-scale work and early example of performance art.
ANSWERS
Graphite, a form of carbon
With laboratory experiments featuring a vacuum chamber
Liquid fuel