IBM
Inventors and Their Inventions
This site has activities that utilize the Internet to research the
process and the people behind life changing inventions. Appropriate for
grades 3-6 and grades 6-9.
Sample
Theme: Inventions
This site from Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom gives
sample activities for each intelligence and curriculum area.
3M
Collaborative Invention Unit
This site has a teaching unit on what it takes to become an inventor.
Students learn about four required roles (scout, wizard, critic, trailblazer)
by reading information, completing activities, and exploring other sites.
Mothers
of Invention Project
Teachers from Tamanend Middle School created this site to share a unit
they designed on inventions.
Invention
or Innovation
Teachers from Bernardsville Middle School have provided an Engaged
Learning project on inventions. Students have to invent a useful innovation
which will improve the present soda bottle.
Changes:
Invention and Transportation
Teachers from Willis Intermediate School have a multidisciplinary unit
that allows students to collect data from a wide variety of sources and
individuals to develop a design for a new or improved safety feature for
a bus of the future.
Exploring
Leonardo
This comprehensive web site on Leonardo da Vinci which includes five
lesson plans for hands-on classroom activities.
Creativity,
Innovation, and Problem Solving
Eleven guidelines to creativity, innovation and problem solving with
historical examples of how these have been used.
Inventing
a New Kind of Pencil
Some ideas for teaching a lesson on inventing a new kind of pencil.