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Chapter 1: Bee Secrets
Chapter 1: Bee Secrets
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When President Bill Clinton asked her to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1995, she made sweeping changes to ensure the public's safety, in our own country and around the world. As president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, she is creating unique opportunities for the next generation of scientists.
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To Shirley, the world was full ofmysteries and living creatures provided theclues that could help solve them.
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She could feel the bee's wings beating frantically inside the petals as it tried to escape. But that didn't worry Shirley.
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summer was only half over, but she had already collected dozens of Bees consume flower bees in jars that her mother had cleaned out for her. nectar, and flowers reproduce because ~Bee they are pollinated by bees traveling from Behavior one flower to another.
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Shirley found that she could change this rhythm by changing how long she kept the bees out of the light. If the bees stayed in the dark under the porch until the middle of the day, they tended to behave as though it were the middle of the night.
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At that time, segregation laws in the United States meant that blacks were not allowed to use the same facilities as whites. In addition to attending separate schools, African Americans drank from different water fountains, used separate restrooms, sat in the backs of buses, and were often barred from eating in the same restaurants as whites.
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and select building sites. Shirley drew inspiration from this man who refused to let the prejudices he suffered hinder his intellectual development.
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For his special This included teaching Shirley and her younger sister, Gloria, efforts in World War how to build soapbox go-carts or "hot rods." These wooden rac II, Shirley's father, ing cars were built from spare parts. They rolled downhill just George H
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Shirley found that if she made the front of the body narrower than the back, the air would flow around it more freely. This aerodynamic shape reduced air resistance and made the cart go faster.
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from hurt and to not let One particular race taught Shirley obstacles stand in her way. another kind of lesson.
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She also had the power to persevere. This strong inner force and her dignified manner would carry Shirley through other challenges and obstacles in her life.
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