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Graphing Regions: Lesson 2

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars identify and analyze geographical locations of inventors. They each identify where their inventor is from on a U.S. map, discuss geographic patterns, and create a t-chart and graph using the Graph Club 2.0 Software.
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National First Ladies' Library

Who Invented Crayons?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Pupils use a specified website to study the history of Crayola crayons. In groups, they discover who invented the colors, their cost, and who thought of the name. Students create a timeline of Crayola colors and choose one project from...
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Who is Rube Goldberg?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice technology skills while searching online for information about inventor, Rube Goldberg. They discuss Rube Goldberg's use of simple machines, and write journal entries about their findings.
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Worksheet #82 - Industrial Inventions

For Students 8th - 9th
In this industrial inventions worksheet, students expand their knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions that relate to the aforementioned topic.
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The Impact

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners study inventions and the impact they have had on people.  In this investigative lesson students learn how inventions are created and take part in a design project that will allow them to solve problems. 
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Life on the Great Plains

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Great Planes worksheet, students fill out a graphic organizer of the inventions that impacted the Great Planes. Students complete the graphic organizer for 8 inventions.
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Stocking up for the Next Millennium

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine how democracy stands the test of time. In this technology lesson, students research inventions and contributions of the 20th century in order to gather information to write a persuasive essay on the topic.
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My Great-Grandmother's Gourd

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read the book My Great-Grandmother's Gourd and answer short answer questions about the change of culture in the book. In this culture lesson plan, 6th graders discover culture diffusion, invention, and innovation.
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K12 Reader

Galileo and His Telescope

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Learn about Galileo Galilei's contribution to modern science with a reading passage that focuses on reading comprehension. After kids read several paragraphs about his life, they answer five questions about the information they have just...
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Future Flights: Imagine Your Own Flying Machines!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
What will flying look like in the future? The 21st lesson in a 22-part unit on aviation reviews the major aspects of the lesson. Pupils brainstorm ideas of a future flying machine.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Alexander Graham Bell

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Study the features of nonfiction text with a set of comprehension and analysis materials. Readers learn about Alexander Graham Bell with questions about the text, writing prompts, and proofreading activities.
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Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research inventors and inventions and their impacts. In this invention lesson, students research inventions and their affects in good and bad ways.
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Inventors Timelines

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
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Do Some Research: Inventions 6

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this invention research instructional activity, learners read the sentence and use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: Igor I. _____, is...
Interactive
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Italian Renaissance (1330-1550)

For Students 6th - 12th
Is your class studying the Italian Renaissance? This resource includes 10 short answer and essay questions about the artistic, scientific, political, and philosophical achievements during the Italian Renaissance. The first 3 questions...
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Ben Franklin Timeline

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Celebrate inventions such as lightning rods, bifocals, and stoves with a Ben Franklin Day. Young historians conduct research and write a paragraph about an accomplishment of Benjamin Franklin including an illustration...
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Reading Comprehension: Famous Inventors-Henry Ford

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students use a reading passage on another page to answer seven questions about Henry Ford.
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Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
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.
Worksheet
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Do Some Research: Inventions 3

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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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Inventions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop an intervention and write a short paper on its uses and applications. They use a graphic organizer to prewrite and take their work through all steps of the writing process.
Interactive
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Thomas Edison

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the accomplishments of Thomas Edison. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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Driving Through History

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create and perform a skit.  For this automobile history lesson, students work in groups to research the development of the automobile during different periods of history.  Students create a timeline and perform a skit...
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Energy and Energy Resources

For Students 7th - 8th
In this energy and energy resources worksheet, students complete 14 fill in the blank questions in the form of word scrambles, twisters, and teasers.

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