Curated OER
#2 Pencil Innovations: Inventions, Science
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....
Curated OER
Innovation of Our Generation
Students brainstorm on the different innovation in their lives today. In this technology lesson, students research one innovation and prepare a speech to convince their classmate to name it the "Innovation of our Generation." They...
Curated OER
Make It All Better!
Students design an innovation that could help their community. In this technology instructional activity, students identify problems that could be solved by innovation. They present their ideas in class.
Curated OER
Make It All Better!
Students brainstorm ideas to solve a problem. For this technology lesson, students share their ideas to class. They research innovations that could benefit the community.
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
A Case of Innovation
Students use strategies to comprehend technical writing. They write reports with great detail, supporting material, and clear vocabulary. They incorporate source materials into their speaking and writing and use voice, tone, and style.
Curated OER
Thank You, Mr. Edison
Students read a letter to Thomas Edison and search for advertisements of the period. They review primary sources and photographs of items made available in the 1920's. They interact on the American Memory Collection website.
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
National Museum of Science and Industry: Ingenious
Explore the stories behind the innovations and ideas of human ingenuity in this database of more than 30,000 images illustrating over 30 different subjects, topics, and debates from the United Kingdom's National Museum of Science and...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Creativity & Innovation Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] The first part of this rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in using an effective process for innovation in various phases of a project, and it can be used to assess their performance....
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Creativity & Innovation Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] The first part of this rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in using an effective process for innovation in various phases of a project, and it can be used to assess their performance....
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Creativity & Innovation Rubric (Ccss Aligned)
[Free Registration/Login Required] The first part of this rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in using an effective process for innovation in various phases of a project, and it can be used to assess their performance....
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Creativity & Innovation Rubric
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades K-2 in using creativity and innovation in a project, and can be used to assess their performance. This rubric is aligned with CCSS, but also can be...
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: Develop Innovative Solutions to Local Problems
Think outside of the box! A lesson helping students consider innovative ways of solving problems communities might experience, such as the ability to provide clean water to residents.
Other
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
Other
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Design Inspired by Nature
Students discover how engineers can use biomimicry to enhance their designs. They learn how careful observation of nature can lead to new innovations and products. In this activity, students reverse engineer a flower to glean design...
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All Media: Nasa Online
Find award-winning science, math and technology videos and interactives for grades K-12 produced by NASA and provided for distribution to South Carolina ETV's Knowitall.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Innovation
Included here are 11 videos and lesson plans exploring the process of scientific innovation. Simply click on the video and a detailed lesson/s are integrated.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Invention at Play
In this mind challenging and creative site, you will learn how play and inventiveness are related. Hear inventors' stories, set your own inventive thinking in motion, and see video commentaries about the nature of play and whether or not...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Inventors and Inventions
This site has an alphabetized list of inventions and inventors throughout history. You can also explore by era, topic or nationality.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Farming Planted Seeds for the Internet
What does farming have to do with invention and innovation? Patricia Russac explores how farming was a major innovation leading to the civilization we know today. [3:59]
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All Media: Nasa: The Invention Timeline
An interactive timeline of notable inventions and inventors from the 19th century to the present.
Buck Institute
Buck Institute for Education: 3 5 Creativity Innovation Rubric (Non Ccss)
[Free Registration/Login Required] The first part of this rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in using an effective process for innovation in various phases of a project, and it can be used to assess their performance....
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Make a Signal Horn
Build a signal horn to make low-frequency sounds that can be heard from far away in this STEM lesson. Use this interactive site to document your design process. Included on the site is a video explaining a possible solution to the problem.