Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Impact of Inventors

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the impact of inventors on our world. In this science lesson, students are given a time line of the invention of familiar objects. Students then evaluate some kid inventors and decide if...
Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Yesterday: Our Energy Needs Over Time

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
How has our relationship to energy changed over time? An engaging exploration challenges learners to create a timeline showing human energy needs and uses over time. Scholars review what timelines are, choose a 50-year period in history...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inventions Change the World: The Enigma Machine

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore WWII by analyzing technological advances. In this invention lesson, 3rd graders discuss the use of the Enigma machine which decoded private German messages that communicated with U-boats. Students utilize a timeline...
Worksheet
Curated OER

A Journey Through Time

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, learners research a specific time frame to discover major scientific developments and historical events. Then they identify at least 50 events and write a brief description of each. Students also create a time...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Inventor's Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students use reference materials to complete the information for each inventor, including invention created and their nationality. They also construct a time line to illustrate the development of technology...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Predicting the Future

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars examine a timeline of inventions for the last century. They focus on one aspect of science such as medicine, transportation, or communication as they research.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Einstein's Big Idea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a time line of scientists involved with E = mc2. They describe experiments that led to an understanding of energy, mass, the speed of light squared, and the equivalence of mass and energy. Students relate challenges...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In Line with Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a timeline of inventions and inventors made out of light colored bulletin board paper.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Household ProductsPast to Future

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research and explore the development of household inventions. Groups create timelines which must display the date of each contribution, the inventor or inventors of each contribution, and the cultural background of each...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Timeline of Technology

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students choose an aspect of Astronomy to research. For this lesson on technology, students  make a timeline of notable events in the development of astronomy and aerospace technology.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

This is Your Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle or high-school pupils choose a scientist to research. They collect biographical information and explore their contributions to scientific understanding. With all that they compile, they create a scrapbook of the scientists' life....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate ancient civilizations by creating a research project.  In this world history lesson, 6th graders investigate historic civilizations developed close to important rivers of the near East.  Students...
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Time Toast: Famous Inventions

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive timeline featuring inventions discovered between the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Electron Microscope Invention

For Students 9th - 10th
The microscopes covered in depth at this site include the phase-contrast microscope, the electron microscope, and the scanning tunneling microscope. This site includes in-depth information on the microscopes, microscope simulators,...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Inventors Time Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A time line of famous inventors.
Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Microscopes Help Scientists Explore Hidden Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site full of information about various microscopes and the objects and processes scientists study with them. Includes timelines and interactive simulations.