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Lesson Plans - 1st Grade

Inventions 2: The Impact

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

Story of Silk

Students will learn the steps in the silk-making process. They will arrange sequencing cards to illustrate the steps. Later students will unravel a silkworm’s cocoon.

So Many Inventions!

Students listen to two books about Chinese inventions. Then they make a simple compass. Later students look at home for Chinese inventions, bring them to school, and make a display

Thank you, Thomas

Hear, read, write, draw and talk about scientist and inventor Thomas Alva Edison.

Recycle Inventions

The creative inventions of Leonardo daVinci inspire imaginative problem-solving as you design, construct, and paint your own invention.