Mind over Matter

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Materials Needed: -Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones, New York: Doubleday, c1991, ISBN: 0385320434. -Inventions by Jennifer Osborne, New York: Newbridge Educational Publishing, LLC, c1999, ISBN 1-58273-117-9. (http://newbridgeonline.com) -Popsicles, one for the teacher and one for each student -Paper towels or wet wipes, one per student -Dry erase board, chalkboard, or chart paper to record student responses -Writing implement to record student responses -Pencils, one per student -Paper sandwich bags with a variety of everyday objects such as straws, plastic bottle caps, rubber bands, envelopes, wooden dowels or paint sticks, etc., one per group of students -Vocabulary Words and Meanings (see extensions) -Sunshine State Standards for the unit (see extensions) -Big Word Wall or other designated space to display Vocabulary Words and Meanings -Inventions and Inventors Journal Cover, one per student (see attached file) -Blank copy paper (8 x 11) for journals, two pieces per student, folded in half along 11 side -Unit Writing Checklist (see extensions), one copy -Student Web Lesson Max and Mavis and the Case of the Missing Inventors, Part 1: Communication(See Web LInks)

Author: Laurie Ayers

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Tags / Keywords: Inventions, Inventors, mistakes

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