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Inventions-The Impact

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners research inventions and the impact it has on society. In this technology lesson, students read a timeline of significant inventions throughout history and identify ways the inventions impacted society. Learners develop their own...
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For the Record: Black Inventors and Inventions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research the Internet for information about African-American inventors and their inventions. After collecting their data, students must build and manage information in a database that catalogs the inventions of African-Americans.
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Inventors and Inventions 1

For Teachers K - 5th
Students research how Velcro and sticky notes were invented. In this research report, students use the Internet to learn about how to common inventions came to be. Students write a report about their findings.
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Cool Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners explore inventions and inventors, focusing on the French-Candadian inventor of the snowmobile Joseph-Armand Bombardier. They brainstorm a list of inventions still to be created and then create their own invention from recycled...
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National Woman's History Museum

Inventive Women - Part 1

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed Standards
While a woman didn't invent the parasol, three women received patents for their improvements to the original design of umbrellas. In the first of a two-part series on inventive women, class members investigate the patent system to...
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Innovative Inventions

For Students 6th - 8th
Help your scholars get a grasp on the chronology of the Industrial Revolution with this "Innovative Inventions" worksheet. They discover what year various items were invented, and then create a timeline placing each invention and...
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Inventions in Everyday Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and solve problems as they modify the design of an everyday household item. They gather and analyze information and work in collaborative teams to create a design plan for a new product.
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Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore innovators and inventions. For this technology lesson, students investigate the issues inventors face as they tackle new technology. Students design their own realistic needs-based invention.
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Chandler Unified School District

Art Masterpiece—Leonardo da Vinci Inventions

For Teachers 6th
After getting to know the inventor, Leonardo da Vinci and his many inventions, scholars think up their own invention. Following a written description and a hand-drawn picture, learners use a method of mirror writing and antiquing to give...
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Famous Inventors Alexander Graham Bell: You Rang?

For Students 3rd Standards
Scholars read a brief informational text about the famous inventor, Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone, then show what they know by way of eight questions—six multiple choice and two short answer. 
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Read Works

Famous Inventors — Zip it Up

For Students 3rd Standards
Explore the invention of the zipper with a 10-question reading comprehension worksheet that challenges scholars to show what they know about an informational text's details and vocabulary.  
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K12 Reader

African American Inventors: Granville T. Woods

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Get to know inventor, Granville T. Woods. Who is he? From what state did Woods come? What did he design? All questions your scholars will find the answers to with this response-to-reading worksheet. 
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Technology and Inventions Project

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Technology—what exactly is it? Find out with a project designed to inspire the inner inventor in us all. The activity begins with a captivating podcast and a search of multiple websites that display different inventions and technology,...
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Chandler Unified School District

Art Masterpiece: Leonardo’s Inventions—Leonardo da Vinci

For Teachers 6th
Leonardo da Vinci is the focus of a hands-on activity that encourages scholars to become inventors. Pupils brainstorm and sketch their idea, compose a detailed depiction using a mirror writing technique, and antique the paper for a...
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EngageNY

Summarizing Notes: Planning a Graphic Novelette, Part II: The Invention of Television

For Teachers 5th Standards
Let's work together! Using the collaborative resource, scholars work in triads to begin section two of their storyboards about Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television. They then practice using linking words and phrases to...
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Inventors and Inventions 2:Air and Space

For Teachers K - 5th
Students fly their own paper airplanes. In this flight lesson, students create paper airplanes and see whose plane will fly the farthest. They discuss what factors affect the flight and attempt to create a plane that will go farther. 
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Inventions: The Impact

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize that inventions are developed to fill a need.In this inventions instructional activity, students become familiar with the inventing process and create simple inventions. Students complete a worksheet about their...
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Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the process of inventing a new product. In this inventions lesson, students explore a timeline that gives a history on significant inventions from ancient times to the present. Students look at pictures of the...
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How to Inspire the Young Inventors in Your Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learning about inventing and innovation can be exciting and empowering for all students.
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Teach Inventions with PowerPoint

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research famous inventors and what they invented. In this technology instructional activity, students gather facts about a specific invention and create a PowerPoint slideshow about it. Students practice adding in animation and...
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Inventions 1: Edison And The Light Bulb

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the realm and power of inventions, and recognize their impact on people and society. Small groups pretend to have been hired by Edison to make special posters that advertise the uses and benefits of the light bulb.
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Amazing Inventions 3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this inventions activity, students are given a list of inventions that they are to write in order of which was invented first to last. Students put 10 inventions in order.
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Inventors of New England

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the ways that technology effects our daily lives. Students also identify the processes involved in designing new technology.
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George Washington Carver: Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Using video clips along with primary and secondary documents, scholars analyze the life of George Washington Carver, one of America's best scientists and inventors. Class members then create music, posters, and skits about this amazing...

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