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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inventors

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners identify two inventors from the time period 1880-1920. They include information detailing one product or technological advancement each inventor was responsible for. Students use specific language and detail to discuss how...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

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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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Bohr-Rutherford Model of the Atom

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this atom model worksheet, students explore how scientists developed the Bohr-Rutherford atom model. Students complete 15 fill in the blank statements.
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Unit Plan
George Eastman Museum

Eastmanhouse: Inventors in Imaging Technologies

For Students 9th - 10th
See how George Eastman, Thomas Edison, and Wilhelm Roentgen impacted American film history and had inventions that were interrelated.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This biographical note on Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen describes his boyhood, upbringing, education, scientific work and accomplishments. Focuses on his studies of Xrays.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Wilhelm Rontgen

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about the scientist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Rontgen rays, which earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Wilhelm Rontgen

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Wikipedia encyclopedia provides a biography on Wilhelm Rontgen discusses his discovery of what became known as x-rays. The article also provides some information on his education and achivements throughout his life.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Radioactivity: Historical Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the contributions of Wilhelm Roentgen, Antione Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901: William Conrad Rontgen

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1901, Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen won the Nobel Prize for Physics because of his work with the x-ray. The site includes a picture of Rontgen along with biographical information, his Nobel lecture, and other resources, such as illustrated...
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Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Rontgen, Wilhelm

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides a very short biographical sketch of Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1923 CE) and describes his most notable scientific discoveries and contributions.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science World: Rontgen, Wilhelm

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides a very short biographical sketch of Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1923 CE) and describes his most notable scientific discoveries and contributions.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

For Students 9th - 10th
This image is of German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. He is famous for his work on electromagnetic radiation, earning the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1890 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists discover and probe x-rays and radioactivity, while inventors compete to build the first radio.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Dual Nature of Light as Reflected in the Nobel Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the historical figures who contributed to our understanding of the nature of light, x-rays, Quantum ElectroDynamic (QED) theory, and so on.