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- 5th
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Students research 2 inventions using either the Internet, multi-media CD-ROMs, or classroom books. Student, in groups, design an invention using the various forms found on the Group Invention Activity sheet. They design individual inventions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students combine their own ideas with the elements of machines to imagine and design inventions to solve specific challenges. Using a variety of materials they can create small working models of their inventions to test and improve them. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students read two books about Chinese inventions such as the compass, kite or dominoes. They bring in examples of Chinese inventions from home and create a class gallery. They make a compass in class. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students recognize that and explain how an invention can be used in different ways. They listen to the story of Stanley Mason and complete a worksheet by writing different uses for several different inventions as well as listing a few of their own. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students are able to give examples of scientific and tecnological developments that changed cultural life in nineteenth-century United States, such as the use of photography, the invention of the telegraph, and the invention of the telephone. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore inventions. They participate in a series of activities to create their own invention. Students create an invention based on a "real world" problem that needs to be solved. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students engage in research from the Colorado Historical Newspaper Collection that is accessed by using the internet. They find the history of common household items to find their uses and history as part of making a collection for a classroom Book of Inventions. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students research information on favorite inventor selected, answer questions, and write a 1-2 page report. Students identify the importance of each invention and how it impacts today. Students create a poster representing their own invention and present it to the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students research inventors and their inventions. They collect data about the inventor, the invention, and how the invention works. Students, in groups, compare and discuss the inventions. They decide which inventors should be included in the Hall of Fame. Using word processing software, students write a letter supporting their nomination to the Inventors' Hall of Fame. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students, after visiting the websites on the attached hotlist, identify four inventors and their contributions to society. They investigate different inventors and their inventions. Students write one research paper on their favorite inventor and their invention. Full Review »
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