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- 7th - 12th
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Students, working in pairs, conceive of an invention. Then, students develop a history for their invention and write a research paper, going through the entire writing process, and finally each pair presents its invention to the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students work with re-usable and recyclable items to create an invention. Students discuss the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle and brainstorm ways to reduce and reuse paper before being challenged to make something useful out of trash. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students complete research about an important invention that has been made during their lifetimes. They research the Internet to gather information with which they write a speech. They present the speech to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students use research from a previous lesson to design their own inventions. In groups, they brainstorm a product they would like to see built and share them with the class. They must explain how each one would serve a purpose or solve a problem. They create a PowerPoint presentation to share their invention with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students use the internet to research an invention that was developed during the Industrial Age. Using a worksheet, they record all revelant information to their invention including the short term and long term affects of the product. They present their material to the class and participate in a tournament to prove that their invention is more useful than their opponents. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students use sets of materials for students to use in creating an invention as shown on the work sheets. The sets will be duplicated so that two teams will work with the same set of materials to see if they can use them in a different way. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the Inventor of the Week archive online to examine the changes that resulted form various inventions. They complete a project sheet and then choose one invention to write and deliver a commercial that advertises how it has changed people's lives. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students examine the influences of inventions by creating a graphic organizer on influential inventions, using their texts and other relevant resources. They then examine the causes and effects of western expansion by creating a second graphic organizer. Finally, students create illustrations to go along with each invention identified. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify particular 19th Century invention/inventor in the 19th century that is of interest to them, conduct research on that person and his/her invention, and prepare report of findings in form of paper, Powerpoint presentation, or other technology. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students investigate the self-winding watch during the 1920's and how it impacted modern society. They study the idea of inventions by creating and describing their own and how it could impact future society. Full Review »
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