Amazing Inventors & Inventions

Have you ever wondered what it would be like without the telephone or a car? These are just a few of the many inventions that were created to make our lives’ easier. In this project, you will have the opportunity to research an inventor’s life and one of his or her inventions. Each week at home you will be filling out a planning sheet. At school the following week, you will be using your planning sheet to write a paragraph. Then, you will create your own invention that will solve one of your everyday problems. Please read the project instructions below. *Note that all deadlines are bolded.

1) First examine the given list of inventors. Please go to Cyber Demons, click Classroom Blogs, click Third Grade. When you arrive at the Third Grade Blog, click Science and use the link under Inventors to research inventors and inventions. Students must choose inventors from the list below. Then, with your parents, select 3 inventors, along with their specific invention, that you are interested in researching for this project. Write the inventors and inventions in the chart provided. Please make sure that you and your parents sign the sheet before turning it in.

Brainstorming sheet is due: Wednesday, January 30^th

Inventors

Alexander Graham Bell

Charles Drew

George Eastman

Thomas Edison

Ben Franklin

Henry Ford

Margaret E. Knight

Garrett Morgan

Eli Whitney

Wright Brothers

*At school, you will be assigned one of the three inventors that you chose.

2) With your parents, go to the library and find at least two books on your individual. Then, go online to the designated Cyber Demons Site and find at least one more resource from which to locate information about your inventor. The Resource page must be filled out and returned.

Resource page is due: Monday, February 11^th

3) Now read all about your inventor. After you have finished reading, fill out the Amazing Inventor planning sheet. Please do not write in complete sentences on the planning sheet, but make sure that you have included specific details.

Amazing Inventor planning sheet is due: Monday, February 11^th

4) Now read all about your invention. After you have finished reading, fill out the Amazing Invention planning sheet. Please do not write in complete sentences on the planning sheet, but make sure that you have included specific details.

Amazing Invention planning sheet is due: Tuesday, February 19^th

5) Brainstorm problems in your everyday life that you might be able to solve with an invention. Then, take those ideas and decide what you would like to invent. Finally, fill out the Your Amazing Invention planning sheet. Please do not write in complete sentences on the planning sheet, but make sure that you have included specific details.

Your Amazing Invention planning sheet is due: Monday, February 25^th

6) Invention Creation and Poster Board:

a) Use the Creation Product Ideas page to select a form in which to share your invention. The creation will be due on the day of the presentation.

b) You will bring home your three final copies of your paragraphs. Please attach these to poster board, along with the name of your inventor written on the top and a picture of your inventor and his/her invention.

Creation Invention and Poster are due: Friday, March 14^th

7) On the day that your creation and poster are due, you will be presenting it to the class. Practice sharing your speech with your family at home. Please be sure to use the Oral Presentation Guide in this packet to practice.

Thank you for taking on this new adventure. We are sure that you will enjoy learning about an inventor of your choice and having the opportunity to become an inventor yourself. Please look through the attached packet. Parents will be welcome to come in to view posters and learn about our new “inventions” from 11:10-11:30 on March 14^th.

Sincerely,

Miss Witman, Miss Fortuna and Miss McDonald

Amazing Inventors & Inventions

Brainstorming Sheet

Due: Wednesday, January 30^th

3 possible inventors and their inventions chosen from the project outline that I would like to research:

Inventor	Invention
Ex. Milton Hershey	Ex. Hershey’s Chocolate

Student Signature: ______________________

Parent Signature: ______________________

Amazing Inventors

Due: Monday, February 11^th

Please do not answer in complete sentences.

Who did you research? __________________________

Why did you choose to research this inventor? _______________

________________________________________

When and where was this person born? _____________________

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What are some interesting inventions made by your inventor?

__________, __________, __________

What are the three important things that you feel people should know about this person?

Ex. Did they win any awards? Were they married? Did they have any other jobs besides inventing? Where did they go to school? Why did he/she become an inventor?

1. ______________________________________

______________________________________

2. ______________________________________

______________________________________

3. ______________________________________

______________________________________

How old was he/she when they died? ______________________

Amazing Inventions

Due: Tuesday, February 19^th

Please do not answer in complete sentences.

Who did you research? __________________________

What invention did he/she create? _________________

When did he/she create the invention? ______________

Why did the inventor create the invention? ____________________

_____________________________________________________

How has the invention been changed/improved since it was invented?

______________________________________________________________________________________

What would your life be like without this invention? Give two details to support your answer.

1. ______________________________________

______________________________________

2. ______________________________________

______________________________________

Your Amazing Invention

Due: Monday, February 25^th

Please do not answer in complete sentences.

What is your name? _____________________

When and where were you born? ____________________________

How old are you? __________

What is the name of your invention? _____________________

What is the need or problem solved by your invention?

What is your invention made out of? How did you make it?

How does your invention work?

Oral Presentations

Due: Friday, March 14^th

*The answers to these questions will be graded during your presentation. Please practice giving your presentation with the answers to these questions at home. You will not be able to use this sheet on the day of your presentation.

1) What inventor did you research?

2) Why did you research this inventor?

3) Give one fact about the inventor’s life? (not about the invention)

4) What did the inventor invent?

5) Why did the inventor make the invention?

6) How has it changed your life?

7) What was your invention?

8) Why did your invent it?

9) Show your invention.

Resource Page

Due: Monday, February 11^th

2 Books:

Title: _________________________________________________

Author: _______________________________________________

Title: _________________________________________________

Author: _______________________________________________

Cyber Demons Internet Site:

Name of Site: __________________________________________

Internet Address: _______________________________________

Creation Product Ideas

There are four ways to communicate information.

1. written word- papers, letters, poems, etc.

2. visually- dioramas, models, paintings, posters, time lines, etc.

3. orally- presentation, skit, puppet show, TV broadcast, etc.

4. kinesthetically- dances, demonstrations, experiments, etc.

Here are possible ideas for products:

Dance performance	Demonstration	Diary or journal
Experiment	Graph	Labeled diagram
Original magazine	Original game	Map with legend
Model	Museum exhibit	Original musical composition
Musical performance	News report	Painting
Picture book for young children	Plan a trip	Play or skit script
Poem	Power Point Presentation	Puppets- own creation
Puppet show with script	Relief map	Scrapbook
Sculpture	Set design	Short story/novel
Time capsule	Time line	Video presentation
Web pages	Dioramas