Links: Florence Nightingale, Turkey, Marie Curie, She spent her career conducting experiments, Nobel Prizes, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Economics, Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealander of the Year, MOKO Foundation, iMOKO, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, John Kirwan Foundation in 2018, The Key to Life Foundation, I Am Hope, Gumboot Friday, Heads Together
Activity 1.Medical Mavericks
Over the years, many important discoveries have been made by clever people looking to help others. Two of these are women - Florence Nightingale and Marie Curie whose work has been widely recognized and appreciated. Both women lived extraordinary lives.
Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in England. When she grew up, she trained to be a nurse and, as an adult, was sent to Turkey during the Crimean War to look after wounded soldiers. When she arrived, the hospitals were very dirty so she spent money to clean them up and to provide the soldiers with quality care. She saved many lives. Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867. Eventually, she moved to France to go to university. While there, she learned a lot about physics, chemistry, and maths. She spent her career conducting experiments that led to the discovery of chemical elements. She was also the first person to use an x-ray machine to look at the human body. She earned two Nobel Prizes for her work. Nobel Prizes are given out every year to people who have done something extraordinary in six specific fields of study - Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Economics.
His name: Robert G. Edwards
Won: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010
Born:27 September 1925
Where He Was Born: Batley, United Kingdom
Died:10 April 2013
Where He Died: Cambridge, United Kingdom
He was the only person who received the prize. He studied at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Born:27 September 1925
Where He Was Born: Batley, United Kingdom
Died:10 April 2013
Where He Died: Cambridge, United Kingdom
He was the only person who received the prize. He studied at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Activity 2.iMoko
Dr. Lance O’Sullivan is a Māori doctor who lives in Kaitaia, Northland. He has committed his life to improve the health and well-being of both his patients and people in the local community. In 2014 he was named New Zealander of the Year.Together, Lance and his wife, Tracy, have started some very cool projects in New Zealand including affordable clinics, the Kāinga Ora (healthy homes) initiative, and the MOKO Foundation. The MOKO Foundation provides healthcare for students in school-based clinics. He has also started iMOKO, a digital initiative (program) whereby people living in communities without doctors, can take photos of health issues and send them to doctors in Kaitaia. The doctors look at the photos, provide advice and can send a script to the local pharmacy so that the patient can get medicine. This program is improving the health and well-being of people living in rural Northland.
1. We run around outside.
2. We play sports.
3. We eat healthily.
4. We get plenty of sleep.
5. We go for walks.
Bouns Activity.Putting Our Heads Together
Health is a complex and complicated topic. Most people believe that there are many dimensions (areas) of health - physical health, social health, mental health, emotional health, etc. Mental health is an area that is not often discussed. It is basically the way we think and feels about ourselves and the world around us. Sometimes our mental health can be affected by things that have happened in our lives, or by changes in our brains that we cannot control. Here in New Zealand, people like Mike King and John Kirwan have made the choice to speak publicly about the mental health challenges that they face. Overseas, people like The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have joined the discussion about mental health and, like John and Mike, started a foundation to support people struggling with mental health challenges. John Kirwan started the John Kirwan Foundation in 2018. Mike King founded The Key to Life Foundation, the I Am Hope and the Gumboot Friday campaigns while the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge started the Heads Together foundation in 2017. In each case, these foundations serve an important role in the community.
My Poster
I put the title it red writing and bigger than the rest of it because it catches people's eyes.
Then I have the people that made I am hope right underneath it because it makes more sense to have the writing under neither the title.
I have a little bit of what they do and why they were made. When they first got made it was for helping kids that had a rough life and thats what they still do to this day.
My Poster
I put the title it red writing and bigger than the rest of it because it catches people's eyes.
Then I have the people that made I am hope right underneath it because it makes more sense to have the writing under neither the title.
I have a little bit of what they do and why they were made. When they first got made it was for helping kids that had a rough life and thats what they still do to this day.
Hi Nici!
ReplyDeleteGreat to read your three posts just now, I think it is amazing how Mr Nobel left all his money to setup the Nobel prize awards after his death, don't you? What made you choose Robert Edwards? He sounds like a very interesting fellow. :)
I really like the way that you have laid out your page so it is very easy to read. Listing bullet points like how you did for activity 2 shows us readers exactly what you are talking about :)
keep up the great work,
Gabe