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Problem Solving
Students listen to a story about a cat and dog fighting all the time. They must develop and explain a machine that stops the cat and dog from fighting. Then they have a discussion about machines and inventions.
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Marketing A New Product
Pupils design and draw a new product in a graphics program. Students research and create a report on how they plan to market their product. Pupils create a flyer, brochure or business card to be passed out at the New Product Fair.
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Chinese Inventions A Selected History of Science and Invention in China
Learners study the history of Chinese technology by identifying when and where items were invented or discovered.
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Into the Future
Fourth graders investigate how new inventions and technology change how we live.
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Predicting the Future
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.
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Skyscrapers
Students examine photographs of skyscrapers. They work together to design their own building. They must include a list of all of the essential materials and how to deal with problems. They present their completed design to the class.
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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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Edison National Historic Site
Students use maps, readings and photos to research and describe how Thomas Edison created the first modern laboratory complex. They simulate the process of invention and consider how technological advances have affected their own...
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What Do You See? What Do You Think?
Students review the implications of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. Using a page from the Bible, they compare and contrast it with one that was handwritten. They use the internet to discover Gutenberg's model and marketing strategy...
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Gifts From China To The West
Students identify Chinese inventions that are widely used today and explore how
these inventions influenced social development in the West in this Social Studies lesson using cooperative learning techniques.
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Technology and Change
Students write a paragraph explaining how a technological innovation from a particular country has affected the world. Using a variety of resources, students identify a technological innovation, giving accurate historical and...
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Migration and Technology
Students identify a technological innovation associated with human migration, either forced or voluntary. They explain how the migration was influenced by technology and how technology influences migration through a written essay.
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Transportation and Communication Timeline
Students discuss the growth of transportation and communication technology since 1500 C.E. Individually or in groups, they research lists of developments in the two areas. Finally, students create timelines indicating the development...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology
Students imagine a time when there was no electricity. They work in small groups to list as many inventions as they can and discuss lists and have student groups choose two or three inventions and explore the disadvantages and advantages...
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Designing Our Own Inventions
Third graders use research from a previous instructional activity 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...
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Do Some Research
Sixth graders participate in various activities in which they must complete research. Individually, they draw a human heart and label each part along with its function. They use the internet to research an invention in Mesopotamia was...
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Einstein's Big Idea
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...
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Technological Developments
First graders discuss household tasks, and identify differences between how things are done now, and how they were done when their parents and grandparents were little. Students then predict how tasks will change in future, and visit...
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Lue Gim Gong and the Development of the Frost Resistant Orange
Fourth graders read about Ben Franklin's invention and talk about other inventions they have heard about. They listen to the book about Lue Gim Gong and discuss what he had to go through at first when he came to America and chart the...
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Industrialization Word Search
In this social studies worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Industrial Revolution and industrialization. There are 36 words located in the puzzle.
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Great Inventions
In this creative thinking activity, 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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Inventions Writing Paper (Blank)
In this inventions activity, 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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Timeline Activity
In this time-line activity learning exercise, students respond to 7 short answer questions related to the events listed at the top of the sheet. First, they examine the events and the years in which each one took place. Then, students...
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Do Some Research: Inventions 3
In this George Washington the scientist 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...
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