Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland. Her parents were teachers.
At age 15, she finished high school. She got the top honors.
She moved to Paris to study at a big school.
She earned degrees in physics and in math.
She and her husband, Pierre Curie, worked together as scientists.
They found two new elements, polonium and radium.
She named polonium after Poland, where she was born.
Radium gives off light and heat.
Marie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
She was the first person to win two.
Words to know
- radium: a glowing element
- polonium: an element
- scientists: science experts
- Nobel: a big prize
