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STEM Famous Person #1 Adam Savage Mythbusters co-host, designer/fabricator, actor, educator Received honorary doctorate from the University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands for his role in popularizing math, science, and technology. Built models for Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, Star Wars II and Matrix Reloaded. Do a web search for a photo of Adam Savage to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

STEM Famous Person #2 Lonnie G. Johnson Engineer and Inventor Received Master’s degree from Tuskegee University Helped develop the stealth bomber program Systems engineer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter; and Cassini mission to Saturn. Created the Super Soaker squirt gun Do a web search for a photo of Lonnie G. Johnson to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

STEM Famous Person #3 Michio Kaku Physicist Received Ph.D. from the University of California in Berkeley, CA Co-founder of the string theory Author of several books and appears on numerous television programs Do a web search for a photo of Michio Kaku to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

STEM Famous Person #4 Grace Hopper Computer programmer and rear admiral US Navy Received Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Yale University WWII Mark I and Mark III computer programmer who led the team that created the first computer language compiler COBOL Do a web search for a photo of Grace Hopper to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

STEM Famous Person #1-NOW 1967-Present 1993 started in the special affects industry 2002 co-host Mythbusters Presenter and advocate for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Technology TED talks Do a web search for a photo of Adam Savage quote to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

STEM Famous Person #2-NOW 1949-Present At age 13 built a go-cart and raced it along the highway until the police pulled him over First African American to win the 1968 Alabama State Science Fair joined the Air Force where he helped develop the stealth bomber 1989 created the Super Soaker, which is still a top 20 best-selling toy Do a web search for a photo of Lonnie G. Johnson quote to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

STEM Famous Person #3-NOW 1947-Present Built an atom smasher in his parents’ garage when in high school Lecturer at Princeton until drafted for the Vietnam War, which ended shortly before he was deployed Devoted studies to a single unifying theory that unites Albert Einstein’s quantum physics finding, string theory. Known for work to popularize science and make physics more accessible to non-scientists. Do a web search for a photo of Michio Kaku quote to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

STEM Famous Person #4-NOW Passed away mathematics teacher at Yale University Associate professor at Vassar College 1943 joined Naval Reserve in WWII 1944 assigned to Bureau of Ordinance Computing, where she learned to computer program the Mark II Credited with inventing the term computer bug Lead the team that developed COBOL 1986 retired as the oldest serving Navy officer as a rear admiral Do a web search for a photo of Grace Hopper quote to use and place it here. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

What Causes Occupation Changes? Possible Factors For most of them it was going into military service that launched them even more into STEM All were influenced by their parents, who were also involved in STEM in some way They all became famous to try to further everyone's knowledge in STEM Can you think of any other factors that cause occupation changes? Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.