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Continuation of the Revolution

This is Lesson 2 in the Industrial Times unit. Students research information on inventions that occurred during the second part of the Industrial Revolution. They write and publish articles on a selected invention.

Back Up

The Back Up game is used to formatively assess student knowledge of selected significant people and their contributions in the fields of communication, technology, and science and how these contributions have impacted society. The timeline activity formatively assesses student performance in reading and interpreting a timeline identifying the order of events.

Found in: 3rd Grade • 4th Grade • 5th Grade • February • Science • Technology

Invention: Computer Technology

Students will understand the following:
1.

Inventions can change the way we live.
2.

Many inventions start out with design flaws and are refined later by subsequent inventors and designers.
3.

The computer, invented in 1834 by Charles Babbage and still being refined, is an example of such an invention.

Found in: 6th Grade • 7th Grade • 8th Grade • February • Technology

Inventors And Inventions 2: Air And Space

Students will understand the following:
1. They can conduct an experiment in which they change the size, weight, and wing structure of paper airplanes to see how each plane flies.

Inventors and Inventions 1

Students will understand the following:
1. Some inventions come about accidentally.
2. The story of an invention can be told in an interesting fashion.