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High-Tech Windsocks
Students research chosen scientific discoveries and then create an imaginative windsock model of the invention. Students describe how their technology was invented and the impact the invention made upon others. Students display their...
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Thomas Edison's Inventions in the 1900s and Today: From "New" to You!
Students research types of technology available to Americans at the beginning of the 20th century and compare the style of living to modern times. They identify Thomas Edison's contributions to technology and their own current lifestyles.
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New Technologies
In this technologies lesson plan, students research and write short answers for the inventions of the Cotton Gin, McCormick Reaper, Steamboat, and Steam Locomotive. Students answer 4 questions for each.
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Mission Possible
Students create blueprints for imaginary inventions based on real-world technological principles. They write explanations of how their inventions work in the form of movie dialogues.
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Applied Science - Technology Post-Lab
Students explore inventions. In this Applied Science lesson, students discuss the history of everyday objects and the invention of them. Students illustrate and describe their own invention.
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Lesson 5: Technology: Conveniences and Consequences
Learners identify positive and negative impacts of technology. In this technological advancements activity, students consider how toxic pollution affects the Earth and its inhabitants. Learners participate in 3 activities that allow them...
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Inventors
Young scholars identify two inventors from the time period 1880-1920. They include information detailing one product or technological advancement each inventor was responsible for. Students use specific language and detail to discuss...
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Following the Footsteps of Einstein
Young scholars inquire about creating inventions. In this inventions lesson, students read the biography of Albert Einstein and discuss ethics. Young scholars brainstorm ideas that will change their community.
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Inventors
Students are be able to analyze primary sources for evidence of Inventors and Inventions from the turn of the 20th century. They identify how these inventions impact their lives today.
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Case Studies of American Innovation
Studnets discover how the Industrial Revolution came to be in the United States. In this technological advancements lesson, learners research creations by Henry Ford, the Wright Brothers, and Thomas Edison. Students create PowerPoint...
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The Impact
Students study inventions and how they have impacted us. In this investigative lesson plan students study the history of two inventors then pretend that they are an inventor.
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Technological Twins
Students list comparisons between technology and nature. Then they create superheroes with special animal characteristics and describe how ordinary persons might replicate the changes with technology.
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The DIY: A Hands-On Look at the New Industrial Revolution
Upper graders explore the new industrial revolution and how the tech boom in recent years is similar and different to the Industrial Revolution of the past. They watch a video, explore web sites, and discuss what they see. They work...
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Living Without Technology
Young scholars identify how technology has made people's lives easier. In this technological advancements lesson, students live without modern machines in their homes for 24 hours and speculate about what life in America 100 years ago...
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The Marshmellow Machine
Young scholars invent a pretend machine. For this technology lesson, students pretend to make a marshmallow machine. Each student acts out a part of the machine and tells what their job is. Young scholars discuss the importance...
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Changes in the New Nation
Students explore how technology has slowly changed the world, starting in the 18th Century. In this United States History lesson, students work in teams to complete numerous activities that compare and contrast life before and after...
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Tools to Live By
Third graders compare life in the early 1900's with the life today. For this technology lesson, 3rd graders research about the development of a certain technological tool. They collect data and report findings in class.
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The Inventions and Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Young scholars understand that the Industrial Revolution began in England, spreading to the rest of Western Europe and the United States and with it came an increased demand for raw materials from the Americans, Asia, and Africa.
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Who Invented It? When? Chinese Inventions: An Introductory Activity
Learners 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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Inventions Tournament
Students use the internet to research an invention that was developed during the Industrial Age. Using a worksheet, they record all revelant information to their invention including the short term and long term affects of the product....
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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 Timeline
Students study the impact of the printing press on the Renaissance. They examine how the invention of the printing press continues to influence our lives today. They trace the development of other communication technologies from the...
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Time For Change
Students examine and discuss the inventions and changes created by the Industrial Revolution. They create posters or clay models about inventions, write paragraphs about the advantages and disadvantages of the changes, and develop a...