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Inventions and Inventors Lesson Plans
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Students complete a unit on inventors and inventions. They explore various websites, outline the components in the invention cycle, develop a table of Renaissance inventions, create a poster, prepare an interview with a famous inventor, and develop a table of female inventors and their inventions.
Students work in small groups to brainstorm responses to teacher posed questions as a means of review and present their Interview Projects. They present certain inventions, inventors, and scientific discoveries.
Students are be able to analyze primary sources for evidence of Inventors and Inventions from the turn of the 20th century. They identify how these inventions impact their lives today.
Students examine recent inventions and discuss the steps the inventor had to go through to develop this product. They share their ideas with the class.
Fourth graders study inventors and inventions, and how they change the world. They research an inventor and create a slideshow describes the person's attributes. They use their own creativity to design an invention which they promote in a brochure.
Third graders research inventions. In this technology lesson, 3rd graders brainstorm a list of inventions that have an impact on our lives and choose one invention to research. Students read their research papers to their classmates.
Students gather information using a variety of references and create mobiles of inventions or scientific discoveries.
Learners 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.
Second graders use multiple sources to find information about various communication inventors and inventions. They present their research via a student made webpage or a time line poster. Students vote on the invention/inventor of the century, justifying their choices.
Third graders explore WWII by analyzing technological advances. In this invention lesson, 3rd graders discuss the use of the Enigma machine which decoded private German messages that communicated with U-boats. Students utilize a timeline to describe how the Enigma machine helped end WWII.
