This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 History for children aged 5, 6 and 7 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with historical figures and understanding the lives and achievements of significant people in history.
Studying the lives and achievements of significant figures in history is a key part of the KS1 history curriculum. Children must understand how the achievements, discoveries and developments of significant British figures such as scientists have shaped our lives today.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Scientists and engineers
Many people did not believe his theory at first
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He also devised a very clever theory about how colour is seen by our eyes
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Mr Watson was Alexander's assistant at the time
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DNA is the material that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function
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Jenner is often referred to as 'The Father of Immunology'
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Alexander discovered this amazing drug by accident!
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She wrote what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine, or in other words, a computer program
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His early system for the web was invented and used in 1989
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Dr Cox often appears on TV programmes and makes complicated science much easier to understand
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Dr Hawking had motor neurone disease and was confined to a wheelchair. He is considered the greatest scientist since Einstein
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