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- Grade Range
- 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 »
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- 7th
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Students explore the inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research an inventor/invention and create a PowerPoint slide presentation. They present their slide show to the rest fo the class. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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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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- 4th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research eight different American inventors from the 1800's using the Internet or an encyclopedia disc. They print pictures and information about these people and examine how the inventions contributed to the Industrial Revolution. They design a booklet about the famous inventors. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a class timeline using the patent year for their selected inventor or invention. Using a piece of yarn, they physically create a timeline, and create and answer math word problems using the years from the timeline. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students are introduced to different important historical figures by researching them and creating a newspaper article about the event. This lesson is designed to be used in collaboration with your librarian. Full Review »
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