Harold Agnew

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/harold-agnew

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 Harold Agnew born?March 28, 1921
2. Where was Harold Agnew born?Denver, Colorado
3. What is the scientific significance?Pioneering work in nuclear reactor construction and observation of atomic bomb effects

Manhattan Project: A top-secret World War II research and development undertaking that produced the first nuclear weapons.
Chicago Pile-1: The world's first artificial nuclear reactor, built under the west stands of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.
Enrico Fermi: An Italian-American physicist who made significant contributions to the development of the first nuclear reactor and quantum theory.
Castle Bravo: The first U.S. test of a dry-fuel hydrogen bomb, conducted at Bikini Atoll in 1954, which had unexpectedly large fallout.