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By studying the inventions and reading the biography of Thomas Edison, students will develop a broader view of technology and how it is both like science and unlike science. This is important because students typically do not distinguish between an engineering model of experimentation, where the goal is to produce a desirable outcome, and the scientific model of experimentation, where the goal is to understand the relation between cause and effect.
More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: * Classroom set of Thomas Edison for Kids
* If the books are not available, then preview the following websites to use in your classroom:
o Thomas A. Edison and the Menlo Park Laboratory
o The National Park Service: Edison
* Presenting Your Activity student sheet
* Thomas Edison’s Inventions student sheet
* Other materials will vary, depending on the activities students choose from the book.
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