Auguste Piccard

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/auguste-piccard

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Auguste Piccard born?January 28, 1884
2. Where was Auguste Piccard born?Lausanne, Switzerland
3. What is Auguste Piccard known for?Pioneering stratospheric balloon flights and inventing the bathyscaphe for deep-sea exploration
4. Who was Auguste Piccard?Auguste Piccard was a Swiss scientist and inventor who loved exploring the sky and the sea.
5. What did he do in the sky?He flew in a hydrogen balloon called FNRS and reached the stratosphere, measuring air pressure and temperature.

Physicist: A scientist who investigates the fundamental constituents of the universe and the laws governing their behavior.
Stratosphere: A layer of Earth's atmosphere situated above the troposphere, characterized by increasing temperature with altitude.
Bathyscaphe: A specialized deep-sea submersible vessel designed to withstand extreme pressures for exploration of oceanic trenches.
Cosmic Rays: High-energy ionizing radiation originating from outer space, composed primarily of atomic nuclei.