The Impact

Students research Ben Franklin's inventions. In this invention lesson, students see the relationship between a need and an invention. Students will engage in a class discussion, read a handout, and play a match the invention to its...

Students examine the impact of inventors on our world. In this science lesson, students are given a time line of the invention of familiar objects. Students then evaluate some kid inventors and decide if...

Learners examine the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci's flying machines and discuss when they were conceptualized and how they are similar to today's flight vehicles. They collect recyclables such as wood and foam trays and create an...

Students study different inventors and inventions.  In this invention introduction instructional activity students pretend that they are an inventor and come up with their own invention.  

Young scholars explore innovators and inventions. For this technology lesson, students investigate the issues inventors face as they tackle new technology. Young scholars design their own realistic needs-based invention.

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.

Students examine the way various inventions have changed their lives. As a class, they create a timeline of the most important inventions during their lifetime and another timeline of how old they were when it was invented. ...

Students see what inventors have to think about when making an invention, particularly the kinds of effects they can have on people.

Students understand that inventions fulfill a need. In this inventions instructional activity, students create simple designs of inventions that fill a need and understand the value of how inventions help society.

Students recognize that inventions are developed to fill a need.In this inventions lesson, students become familiar with the inventing process and create simple inventions. Students complete a worksheet about their inventions.