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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students appraise the qualities of successful inventors and inventions, as well as examine the ways in which the Internet supports inventors, as a springboard for designing and 'patenting' inventions that would be helpful to them in their lives. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students use the Internet to research African American inventors. They work with a partner to complete a graphic organizer about the inventors and the inventions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students identify several prominent inventors of the late nineteenth century and describe what they invented. They explain the importance of inventions to the rise of industry and the changing ways of life in the United States. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students explore the inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a five page multi-media slide show after researching and writing about an inventor. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students use the internet to search for information on inventors. After making a list of inventions of interest to them, they take notes about three of them. Individually, they role-play the role of one of the inventors and perform a skit in front of their class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation on a specific inventor and their invention. This lesson is web-based and includes resource links, alternative lesson ideas, and lesson extensions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students brainstorm a list of inventions that have affected their lives. In groups, they use the internet to research a specific inventor and their invention. They use the information to write two paragraphs and share their information with the class. Full Review »
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