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#2 Pencil Innovations: Inventions, Science Lesson Plan#2 Pencil Innovations: Inventions, Science Lesson Plan
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#2 Pencil Innovations: Inventions, Science

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Ask your class to consider a #2 Pencil to show how inventive thinking can be stimulated by making innovations to an everyday object. There is also an interesting extension included that refers to a book about the history of the pencil. You could use the Intenet to find out about other inventions as well.

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Grade
2nd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Year
2004

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