Turn on the Light, Thomas Edison by Peter and Connie Roop

What would change in your daily life due to a power outage? Here, learners explore the inventions brought to us by the one and only, Thomas Edison, and imagine a day without them. Scholars take part in a grand conversation and write a...

What other inventions was Thomas Edison responsible for besides the telegraph and lightbulb? Incorporate a set of worksheets into your study of Edison and other inventors. The 48-page packet includes all types of activities from word...

It's no small wonder that a lightbulb has come to represent a bright idea. The light bulb, the bright idea of Thomas Edison, was just one of his over 1,000 inventions. A teacher's guide introduces young audiences to works of the man who...

Students complete a web survey for Thomas Edison's inventions. In this Thomas Edison lesson, students visit the websites to learn about the inventions of Thomas Edison.

In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Thomas Edison. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

Pupils write a poem about a single work of art by Flavin.  In this descriptive response lesson, students express their feelings about the work and organize words into phrases.  Pupils arrange word phrases on paper to form the shape of...

The Vikings were some of the first explorers to settle in North America. After reading about these people, their ships, culture, and treasures, fifth graders use context clues to answer questions based on the meaning of vocabulary words.

In this finishing sentences with prepositions worksheet, students write the correct prepositions to complete sentences with the word "turn". Students finish 8 sentences and check their answers by clicking the answer button.

Students examine light waves and see how they travel. They explain that light moves in waves, which can bounce off of or go through materials. They use a flashlight to shine on a variety of objects.