Inventions...Inventions...Inventions
Warm up with some contraptions
Invention Engine
http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/games/cith-ie/
Simple Machines, Physics and Gravity all come together to create interesting results. Creae some "Thinking Things"
Can you get a ball from the starting place to the goal using batteries, generators, sloped surfaces, springs etc.?
- STEP I: Learning About Inventors
- STEP II: Finding an Idea /Play
- STEP III: Research and Planning
- STEP IV: Developing and Testing
- STEP V: The Invention Convention
Learning About Inventors
Pick one of the following Inventors
Leonardo Da Vinci Archimedes of Syracuse
Benjamin Franklin Samuel Colt: Inventor of the Colt Revolver
George Westinghouse Henry Ford: Inventor of the Moving Assembly Line
Alexander Graham Bell Robert Fulton: Inventor of the Steamboat
Thomas Edison` Charles Goodyear: Inventor of Vulcanized Rubber
Nikola Tesla Samuel F.B. Morse: Inventor of the Telegraph and Morse Code
Dr. Jonas Salk: Inventor Polio Vaccine Orville & Wilbur Wright: Inventors of the Airplane
Marie Curie Discovered Radium Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak Invented the personal computer
John Deere Invented the plow George Eastman Invented film
Mary Anderson/ Windshield Wipers
Jan Ernst Matzeliger/shoemaker
George Washington Carver/peanut butter
Patsy Sherman/Scotchgard™ Stain Repellent
Ruth Wakefield/Chocolate Chip Cookie Inventor
Stephanie Kwolek/Inventor of Kevlar®
Bette Nesmith Graham/Liquid Paper Inventor
Lewis Latimer/ the carbon filament.
Sarah Boone/Ironing Board
Dr. Shirley Jackson, a theoretical physicist
Pedro Flores yoyo
Ellen Ochoa - United States
Ellen Ochoa invented optical analysis system
Dr. Temple Grandin
Animal Handling Inventions
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature/index.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventors.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/
Play
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/
and
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html
Do a little research
Check out these sites:
http://inventors.about.com/od/kidinventions/ss/kid_invent_c.htm
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/86/27/
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html Nice interactive Movie
www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768091.html
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzinvent.html
http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/index.htm
Take Notes
1. Copy and past into MS Word or
2. go to www.bubblus.com and make a mind map
3. Use the software program Inspiration during classtime
Think
Consider this: http://inventionatplay.org/matter_video_fromchild_320.html and this real invention made by a child
1. Look at different time periods in history and decide what invention has most impacted your lives, think beyond the computer
2. Come up with something you went would invent if they could. What would make their life easier.
3. Read about some great inventors.
Queen Victoria's Empire: Inventions that Changed the World:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/victoria/ed/index.html
American Experience: "Edison's Miracle of Light":
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/tguide/index.html
Benjamin Franklin: Invention Convention:
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/teachersguide.html
Big Apple History: Click!:
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/parentsteachers/arts_lesson5.html
Step 4: Challenge Yourself
Check out this page on the Kids Design Network and see if you can solve the challenge
http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/kdn/
Invention challenge games
http://www.inventivekids.com/indexFlash.html
Use your Idea to Build your own invention
http://www2b.abc.net.au/spark/games/inventions/default.shtm
Share
How are you going to share this information with the group?
1. Powerpoint
2. Photostory
3. Report
4. Poster5. Brochure
34 second video of marble machine 2 in action:
The sound of Marble Machine 2. (160k mp3)
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