# Students grasp the fundamentals of radio/sound communication technology. They research why the size of radios has gotten smaller through advances of technology…from large radio tubes through transistors through microchips.
# Students learn how important and influential radio was in peoples’ lives from 1920 through 1950, and follow changes in the styles and shapes of radios through the last 100 years.
# Students demonstrate their knowledge of radio history by creating a picture showing the changing technology.
# Students hear, read, write, and talk about scientist and inventor Thomas Alva Edison in historical context.
# Students find and report on examples of how Thomas Alva Edison’s technological inventions help people today.
# Children create original art featuring one of Edison’s most important inventions and thanking him for his accomplishments.
# Children learn about the creative inventions of Leonardo daVinci.
# Students collect recycled materials for their projects.
# Children use their imaginations and problem solving skills to design, construct, and paint their own inventions.
# Students identify inventions that help their daily lives.
# Students create, design, build, and cooperatively assemble a model of an invention.
# Students work cooperatively to put all the “moving” parts together to create a “live” human model of their invention.
# Students learn about the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, and identify the challenges and problems they faced while trying to build a powered airplane.
# Students realize the importance of the Wright brothers, who documented their historical event by taking pictures.
# Students join in the celebration of 100 years of aviation history by reproducing a replica of the Flyer, which achieved the first powered, controlled, and sustained airplane flight.
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