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What an Idea!

Central Idea:

People through their inventions have contributed to the changes in society.

An Inquiry Into:

  • What inventions and technologies are
  • How inventors think, work, and solve problems
  • How inventions impact our lives
  • Social circumstances in history that led to specific inventions

RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THIS UNIT:

Non-Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
500 HAU Hauser, Jill Frankel Gizmos & Gadgets : Creating Science Contraptions that Work (& Knowing Why)
508 GAT Gates, Phil Nature Got There First
600 DAL Dalgleish, Sharon Bright Ideas
602 RUB Rubin, Susan Goldman Toilets, Toasters, & Telephones
608 CAN Caney, Steven Steven Caney's Invention Book
608 ERL Erlbach, Arlene The Kids' Invention Book
608 GAR Garrison, Webb B. Why Didn't I Think of That? : From Alarm Clocks to Zippers
608 LAM Lambert, David Great Discoveries and Inventions
608 TAY Taylor, Barbara I Wonder Why Zippers Have Teeth and Other Questions about Inventions
608.7 SMI The Smithsonian Book of Invention
609 BEN Bender, Lionel Invention
609 CAS Casanellas, Antonio Great Discoveries & Inventions That Advanced Industry and Technology
609 JON Jones, Charlotte Foltz Mistakes That Worked
609 OLS Olsen, Frank H. Inventors Who Left Their Brands on America
609 PAR Parker, Steve 53 1/2 Things That Changed the World and Some That Didn't
609 PLA Platt, Richard Smithsonian Visual Timeline of Inventions
609 WUL Wulffson, Don L. The Kid Who Invented the Trampoline : More Surprising Stories about Inventions
609.2 KAR Karnes, Frances A. Girls & Young Women Inventing : Twenty True Stories about Inventors Plus How You Can Be One Yourself
621.8 MAC Machines & Inventions
688.7 WUL Wulffson, Don L. Toys! : Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions
759 VIS Visconti, Guido The Genius of Leonardo
920 SUL Sullivan, Otha Richard African American Inventors
920 THI Thimmesh, Catherine Girls Think of Everything : Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
B BELL Matthews, Tom Always Inventing : a Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell
B BELL Montgomery, Elizabeth Rider Alexander Graham Bell, Man of Sound
B BELL Parker, Steve Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone
B BELL Tames, Richard Alexander Graham Bell
B EDISON Adler, David A. Thomas Alva Edison : Great Inventor
B EDISON Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison
B EDISON Guthridge, Sue Thomas A. Edison : Young Inventor
B EDISON Parker, Steve Thomas Edison and Electricity
B FRANKLIN Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin
B FRANKLIN Giblin, James The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin
B FRANKLIN Usel, T. M. Benjamin Franklin : a Photo-illustrated Biography
B FULTON Bowen, Andy Russell A Head Full of Notions : a Story about Robert Fulton
B JONES Swanson, Gloria Borseth I've Got an Idea! : the Story of Frederick McKinley Jones
B MARCONI Parker, Steve Guglielmo Marconi and Radio
B MARCONI Tames, Richard Guglielmo Marconi
B MORSE Latham, Jean Lee Samuel F. B. Morse : Artist-inventor
B WHITNEY Latham, Jean Lee Eli Whitney, Great Inventor

Fiction Books:

 

AV Materials:

 

Websites:

Zoom School

Inventions at Play

How Things Work

American Inventions and Inventors

African American Inventors

Bill Nye the Science Guy

ABC Inventions

American Inventions and Inventors (Einstein, Salk, Carver)

Ben Franklin and his Inventions

Invention Dimension

The History of Famous Inventors

Real-Life Wacky Inventions

Inventions and Innovations

Templates:

Business card
Invention Convention Report

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