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.
To explore Leonardo da Vinci’s ideas about design and machines.
To introduce students to the realm and power of inventions, and help them to better recognize their impact on people and society.
To help students see what inventors have to think about when making an invention, particularly the kinds of effects they can have on people
To explore the scientific enterprise and the contributions of diverse people.