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Marconi: Whisper in the Air
Young scholars explore Guglielmo Marconi, the genius who invented the wireless and helped change our planet into a global village.
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Venerable Inventors
Students discuss important historic inventors and read their biographical information. In this world history lesson, students describe Alexander Bell, Thomas Edison, and Guglielmo Marconi using vocabulary terms used in their text....
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Inventions
Use this lesson plan to discuss inventions that have changed your class's world and have impacted society. Middle schoolers investigate important inventions of their time and design an invention in a simulated business atmosphere. Modify...
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History of the Telephone, Radio, and Light Bulb
Students research and discuss the history of the telephone, radio, and light bulb. For this invention history lesson, students access Internet sites to explore the inventors and the invention of the telephone, the radio, and the light...
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Invention of the radio
Eighth graders study the radio and where it came from. In this American History lesson, 8th graders explore the history of the radio. Students create an invention that will be useful to them today.
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Applied Science - Built Environment Pre Lab (Morse Code)
Students study communication. In this telegraph lesson, students examine Morse code and the composition of an elementary telegraph circuit. They listen to a presentation and try to create Morse Code messages on a worksheet. This lesson...
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Telegraphy
Students research the telegraph. In this telegraph instructional activity, students review the history of the telegraph. Students complete radio wave experiments. Students work in pairs to complete 3 sound exercises.