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Great Minds: Albert Einstein

by Lydia Lukidis
You would probably recognize Albert Einstein from his

photos. Yep, he was the guy with the crazy hair! But he also
had some great ideas. He was more than just a scientist. He
was a genius who changed our lives. He made some of
science’s biggest discoveries. He also developed some
important theories. Some of these theories may seem
complicated. But they concern everybody. Science is
everywhere and affects us every day. Einstein’s discoveries
made things like television, DVD players, and garage door
openers possible.
Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. When he was

five years old, his dad gave him a compass. It became his
favorite toy. He would stare at the needle of the compass as
it moved. It seemed like magic at first. Einstein wanted to understand how the needle
moved. So he learned about magnetism. Magnetism is about the invisible force of magnets.
It can make objects stick together or move away. Einstein also learned a lot about science
and electronics because of his dad. His dad owned an electronics company. It was no
surprise that Einstein ended up loving math and science. He started performing experiments
at a very young age.
Einstein performed extremely well in school. He quickly advanced to higher level math
and science topics, and his teachers were impressed by his grasp of college-level physics
concepts by the time he was eleven. When he was young, he met a Polish medical student
named Max Talmud. Talmud became his tutor. He showed Einstein a children’s textbook
about science. Einstein became curious about light and other things.
Einstein later attended school in Switzerland. He made many friendships. He also met
his future wife, Mileva Maric. She was a Serbian physics student. Einstein received his
doctorate in 1905. That same year, he published many important scientific papers.
After that, Einstein became a professor in Germany. But times were tough back then.
Hitler and his Nazi party started a war against Jewish people. Einstein was Jewish. So he
decided to leave and go to the United States. That was in 1933. And it’s a good thing he did.
The world needed him to be free and pursue his passions.
Einstein was not an inventor like Thomas

Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. But his
theories and discoveries changed the
way we look at things. Some example are
time, space, matter, energy, and gravity.
Einstein is best known for his Theory of

Relativity. You probably heard of the
equation E=mc². E stands for energy, m
stands for mass, and c stands for speed of
light. But what does this all mean? Yes, it is as complicated as it sounds! Here’s the most basic
way to explain it. The theory is a scientific explanation about how space relates to time. This
was very important. It changed the way scientists looked at the universe. This theory also
brought on inventions like the nuclear bomb and nuclear energy.
Einstein made many other discoveries. For example, he figured out that light is made up
of many little particles called photons. He called this the quantum theory of light. At the time,
some other scientists did not agree with this theory. But later, it was proven. This was an
important discovery. It led to many inventions such as television.
Here’s one more example of an important discovery Einstein made. Along with scientist
Satyendra Bose, he discovered a new state of matter. Regular states of matter are gas, liquid,
and solid. Einstein and Bose found another one. They named it the Bose-Einstein Condensate.
Today, it’s used in cool things like lasers.
Einstein’s work was and is valuable to the world. This is one of the reasons he
eventually won the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Prize is a very famous award given to
someone who has done outstanding work in different subjects like science or medicine.
Einstein died in 1955. He was later named “Person of the Century” by TIME Magazine.
Name:

by Lydia Lukidis
1. Based on the information in the article, which statement is

true about Albert Einstein's younger years?
a. Einstein's teachers were disappointed in his lack of interest in math and science.
b. Einstein was tutored by a Polish medical student, Max Talmud.
c. Einstein wanted to be a physics professor like his father.
d. Einstein's first time traveling abroad was when he fled Germany for the U.S.
in 1933.
2. Even though Albert Einstein wasn't an inventor, his discoveries paved the way for
many inventions. Name six things that were invented because of Einstein's work in
math and science.
1. Theory of Relativity 2. Television 3. Special Theory of

Relativity
4. Quantum Theory of Light 5. Bose-Einstein Condensate 6. Avogadro’s number
3. Einstein is very famous for his Theory of Relativity. His equation, E=mc², is a scientific
explanation for how space relates to time. What does each part of the equation
stand for?
E - energy m - mass c - speed of light
4. In addition to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, describe two other important discoveries

Einstein made during his life.
The Bose-Einstein Condensate that is a new state of matter that is used in lasers.
Quantum theory of light that describes that light is made of many tiny particles called photons.
5. What honor was bestowed on Albert Einstein later on in his career?
The Nobel Prize and the person of the century by Times Magazine.
Name:

by Lydia Lukidis
The following terms are vocabulary words from the article. Match the
vocabulary word with its correct definition by writing the corresponding
letter on the line.
1. F genius a. a force that pulls a body toward the center of the

earth
2. Jcentury b. an instrument that displays the direction of magnetic

north
3. H theory c. complex; difficult to understand
4. A gravity d. eager to learn about or know something
5. I doctorate e. everything in existence; the cosmos
6. C complicated f. mastermind; brilliant person
7. E universe g. excellent; exceptional
8. B compass h. a set of ideas that is intended to explain something
9. D curious i. the highest degree that is awarded by a

college, university, or other institution of learning
10. G outstanding j. a period of one hundred years

by Lydia Lukidis
In the article, “Great Minds: Albert Einstein,” you learned that Einstein
was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his outstanding
accomplishments and scientific discoveries.
Choose another recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Tell who the
person is/was, what year he or she was awarded the prize, and briefly summarize his or her
major accomplishments. If you use the Internet with your teacher's permission, write the
web address of the website you used as a source on the bottom of the page.
Marie Curie was a Polish woman who discovered various radioactive elements. She was given the Nobel Prize
of Physics for such discoveries along with her husband. Marie Curie and her husband were working in a
laboratory with poor conditions. In this laboratory is where she discovered for the first time the isolation of
polonium and discovered the radioactive element of radium. She is the author of various scientific papers such
as Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives (1904), L’Isotopie et les Éléments Isotopes and the classic
Traité’ de Radioactivité (1910). Once she was given the Nobel Prize, the United States president, Hoover, gave
Marie Curie a total of 50,000 dollars to contribute to their scientific journey.
Internet Source Used: Marie Curie – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

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Name: Angela Monreal 37502

Great Minds: Albert Einstein

You would probably recognize Albert Einstein from his

Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. When he was

Einstein was not an inventor like Thomas

Einstein is best known for his Theory of

Great Minds: Albert Einstein

1. Based on the information in the article, which statement is

1. Theory of Relativity 2. Television 3. Special Theory of

4. Quantum Theory of Light 5. Bose-Einstein Condensate 6. Avogadro’s number

4. In addition to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, describe two other important discoveries

5. What honor was bestowed on Albert Einstein later on in his career?

Great Minds: Albert Einstein

1. F genius a. a force that pulls a body toward the center of the

2. Jcentury b. an instrument that displays the direction of magnetic

3. H theory c. complex; difficult to understand

4. A gravity d. eager to learn about or know something

5. I doctorate e. everything in existence; the cosmos

6. C complicated f. mastermind; brilliant person

7. E universe g. excellent; exceptional

8. B compass h. a set of ideas that is intended to explain something

9. D curious i. the highest degree that is awarded by a

10. G outstanding j. a period of one hundred years

Marie Curie a total of 50,000 dollars to contribute to their scientific journey.

Internet Source Used: Marie Curie – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

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