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Lesson Plans - 5th Grade

Cool Inventions

The inventor of the snowmobile, a French Canadian named Bombardier, inspires creativity! Construct inventions with recycled materials.

Birth of Bits and Bytes

Build a flow chart to show the early achievements of computer scientists in the early days of the modern computer.

Can You Hear Me?

What wonderful item did Alexander Graham Bell invent? History and technology come together in this recycled construction.

Thomas Edison Timeline

Track how Edison’s inventions changed everyday life. Imagine a world without lightbulbs or sound recordings!

Thomas Edison’s Inventions in the 1900s and Today: From “New” to You!

Individually or in small groups, have students draw or use images from the internet and magazines to create colorful pictorial timelines of the evolution of Edison’s inventions. Pictures of Edison’s inventions can be found on all the pages referenced in this lesson.