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- 3rd
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Students create a timeline of inventions and inventors made out of light colored bulletin board paper. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research and explore the development of household inventions. Groups create timelines which must display the date of each contribution, the inventor or inventors of each contribution, and the cultural background of each contributor. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the relationship between inventors and industries. They analyze the life of Thomas Edison. They also identify characteristics that entrepreneurs possess. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine what simple machines are, how they work, and how they have changed our lives. They conduct research on inventors and inventions, demonstrate simple machines using body parts, and create a class book about inventors. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research the lives of selected American inventors. They examine how the inventions impacted society. They identify a problem and invent a solution for that problem. They determine the roles and responsibilities of scientific research. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research a scientist or inventor concluding in a presentation to the class covering their research. They discuss the scientist and their contributions to society. Students analyze societal response to that person's major findings or theories. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research the careers of African-American scientists and inventors. They uses both Internet and print resourses for their research. They design a slideshow presentation on five of these significant individuals. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify various inventions and their inventors. As a class, they compare and contrast the Industrial Age with the Information Age and determine the difference between inventions, adaptations and discoveries. They discuss how the invention of the computer is leading us into an even more deeper Information Age. 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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- 7th
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Students explore a famous inventor, the process of writing a research paper, and organizing data. After choosing a topic for research, students formulate questions and evaluate websites. They organize notes, write an outline and begin the process of using word processing tools to complete the project. Full Review »
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