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The African American Inventor
Students study various African American inventors and their contributions. They select their favorite invention and work in groups to research a specific African American inventor. After conducting their research, they share their...
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ESL Conversations: Inventions and Inventors
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students work in pairs to ask questions in the passive form. Students use the sentences provided and change them to passive questions. All pertain to inventions. It is unclear if students are to answer...
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Technology: Researching Inventions
Third graders, in groups, discuss their chosen invention and how it works. In preparation for a Powerpoint presentation, they research the inventor, the impact of the invention on society, and what llife would be like without it....
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Inventions, Puppets, and Commercials
Fourth graders, in groups, invent a product to sell, create a commercial for it using a stick puppet they make.
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Technology: Rating Inventions
Third graders brainstorm a list of inventions used daily. They use Kidspiration to create a web with inventions in the middle. Students choose three inventions from the web and rank them according to interest.
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Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention
Students watch a Biography episode about Alexander Graham Bell -- his remarkable inventions, family life, and the individuals who influenced his work.
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Who Invented It? When? Chinese Inventions: An Introductory Activity
Students use Robert Temple's "The Genius of Chins: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery and Invention", to understand how much the Chinese have contributed with their scientific and technological ability.
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Chinese Inventions A Selected History of Science and Invention in China
Students study the history of Chinese technology by identifying when and where items were invented or discovered.
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Designing Our Own Inventions
Third graders use research from a previous lesson to design their own inventions. In groups, they brainstorm a product they would like to see built and share them with the class. They must explain how each one would serve a purpose or...
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Invention Grab Bag
Students research inventions and their role in the history of civilization. In this inventions lesson plan, students choose an invention from a grab bag and research information to answer the worksheet.
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Ingenious Inventions
Fifth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the various tools and machines that have been invented throughout history that have made life easier and tasks less difficult for modern man.
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Great Inventions
In this creative thinking worksheet, students identify and list nine of the best and most important inventions ever created. Then they list nine of the not so good inventions. Finally, students list three of their personal favorites.
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Invention: Computer Technology
Students comprehend that inventions can change the way we live. They comprehend that many inventions start out with design flaws and are refined later by subsequent inventors and designers. Students are explained that the computer, was...
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Inventor's Workshop
Learners explore the six simple machines that are the basis for all mechanical devices. In this physics lesson, students choose one simple machine to research and then find a complex machine it is apart of. Learners examine Leonardo...
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Early Twentieth Century Technological Advances
In this early twentieth century technological advances worksheet, students complete the grid for 9 inventions by filling in the inventor, how it was introduced and how it impacted society.
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I Can Live Without It!
In this inventions activity, students pretend that they have to choose modern inventions to get rid of. Students fill out a chart with the inventions they could live without and the reason they don't need or want it.
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Industrial Revolution Unit
Eighth graders create their own newspaper and write articles about things related to the Industrial Revolution. They include five different inventions from the time period and explain how they either benefited or harmed society. They...
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Alexander Graham Bell
An interactive practice challenges scholars to read an informational text then answer nine questions. The topic of the text is Alexander Graham Bell. Questions are a mix of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank.
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Do Some Research: Inventions 5
In this inventions research worksheet, students read the sentence and research in the library or on the Internet to find the answer and then write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: Charles _____,...
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Do Some Research: Inventions 10
In this inventions research instructional activity, students read the sentence and research in the library or on the Internet to find the answer and then write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic:...
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Inventions Writing Paper (Blank)
In this inventions worksheet, students use the blank primary lines to write about an invention. There is a picture of a telephone and a light bulb.
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George Washington Carver and the Sweet Potato
Learn about George Washington Carver's important contributions to agriculture by studying the sweet potato. First graders read about the inventor's observations and prepare sweet potato slips for the class garden. Additionally, they...
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Techno Timeline
Students create a timeline of inventors. In this dual history/science lesson, students research inventors of technological products, then work in groups to create a timeline of events. The timeline may include science information about...
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African American Inventors
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.