We are beginning Phase One of the Invention Convention this week and will have that completed by the Chinese New Year Holiday. Considering how much my class enjoyed this project last year I believe we are in for a treat.
I will link to some of the sheets we will be using in the unit below so you can have access to the information the students will be accessing in class.
In short, phase one of the project is research based and students will begin by researching a number of different inventors and doing some sample research on Thomas Edison. They will then choose an inventor of their choice, research them in greater detail and present a speech as that person on January 23rd.
In your speech you need to be able to answer the following questions and tell us some other things of interest about your inventor.
Question #1: Who is the inventor and what about their life impacted their ability to create the invention?
Question #2: What is the invention and how did it come to be invented?
Question #3: How did the invention affect society at that time?
Question #4: Is the invention still used today? Why? How? Modifications?
Question #5: Could this invention have an impact on the future? Explain.
Here is the rubric to assess your speech as well as some of the other worksheets.
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