Before Reading The Whole Text Below

Before reading the whole text below make predictions about it Focus on its title picture and first paragraph to answer the following questions in your notebook a Who is the text about b What were her occupations c Was she an extraordinary woman in STEM d What family member encouraged her to pursue her career e What type of information about her do you expect to find in the text Language Note Questions and short answers with waswere Was sheheit Yes hesheit was No hesheit wasnt Were youwethey Yes youwethey were No youwethey werent TIP Ative seu conhecimento prévio sobre o tema do texto para favorecer o estabelecimento de hipóteses sobre o que será lido Read the text below and do exercises 2 and 3 Women in STEM Annie Easley Annie Easley A Lifetime of Shooting for the Stars Annie Easleys extraordinary life as a computer programmer mathematician and rocket scientist was guided by her mothers words of wisdom You can be anything you want to It doesnt matter what you look like what your size is what your color is You can be anything you want to but you do have to work at it Without Annie Easley hybrid vehicles or spaceflight as we know it might not exist During her 34year career at NASA she also worked on alternative energy storage batteries and was key to the development of Centaur a high energy booster rocket According to NASA she developed and implemented the code used in researching energyconversion systems and analyzed alternative power technology Across Annies various projects her drive desire to learn and perseverance remained constant In her words Everything I ever worked on has brought satisfaction knowing that I was a part of doing something Annies impact and influence werent limited to her career she devoted much of her time to bettering her workplace and community As an EEO counselor at NASA she helped supervisors address issues of gender race and age She also taught other AfricanAmericans how to pass the required literacy test in order to vote and tutored students in her community inspiring female and minority students to explore STEM