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Inventors Lesson Plans
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Learners demonstrate skills for historical analysis. They use technology to research and present information about inventors and their inventions. Students relate this information to their importance in history. They analyze what inventor's inventions have changed the lives of people.
Fourth graders research inventions and inventors. In this research lesson plan, 4th graders go online to gather information about an invention. Students use this information to create a concept map using Inspiration. When the map is complete, students share their information with the class. To close the lesson plan, students work together to create a timeline of the inventions they chose.
Students are introduced to a groups of African American inventors. In groups, they research the role of each person in improving different industries. They also examine the barriers African Americans faced from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement. To end the lesson, they share their information with the class.
Fifth graders examine Ohio inventors and inventions. In this inventors lesson students use a graphic organizer to collect information on Industrial Era inventions and inventors in Ohio. They play a warm-up guessing game with a slide show.
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 examine recent inventions and discuss the steps the inventor had to go through to develop this product. They share their ideas with the class.
Students explore the concept of inventors and trailblazers. In this inventors and trailblazers lesson, students discover what ten African American inventors created and went through in order to create their invention. Students then research and discuss who and what they found out about these inventors.
Students identify two inventors from the time period 1880-1920. They include information detailing one product or technological advancement each inventor was responsible for. Students use specific language and detail to discuss how that product either positively or negatively influenced American society.
Students create an invention. In this scientific technology lesson, students discuss inventors and how their inventions helped others. Students brainstorm ideas for inventions and their rationale behind it. In small teams, students construct models or drawings of their new invention.
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.
