Friday, October 9, 2009

George Washington Carver

This Thursday we are visiting George Washington Carver's home in Diamond, Missouri.

Please watch the following video about George.



George Washington Carver had so many accomplishments that not all are even mentioned in this video. Below, please list at least one of George Washington Carver's accomplishments. Answer in a complete sentence, and you may not list anything that someone else has mentioned in a previous comment. Your facts may come from the video, class discussions, or your own research.

Please leave your comment by Friday, October 16th.

- Mrs. Garrett

12 comments:

  1. George invented more than 300 uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.

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  2. I liked the video. I know one thing made of peanuts is peanut milk.

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  3. George W. C. was often sick when he was a child, and so he had lots of time to work with plants.

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  4. One of his most famous nicknames was the peanut wizard.

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  5. when George was young he made a plant hospital.There he helped sick plants.

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  6. when he was a boy. He went two his neghbor house and wandered into the parlor and saw some pantings and thats how he started panting.

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  7. The video says he invented soap and glue at some point in his life.

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  8. George Washington carver would cry if he broke a root off a plant when moving it to a better climate

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  9. Became the director of agricultural research at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.

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  10. when George Washinton Carver was young he was a slave.

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  11. georges mother was stolen by slave kidnappers
    luke

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  12. When he was young, he had saved some plants.
    Josh

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