REFERENCE
Learn about inventor Elijah J. McCoy through a biography, discussion questions, and extension activities for all ages.…
FUTUREFIT PROJECTS
Use this mini-lesson to introduce students to how discoveries differ from inventions. Teach students the variety of…
TEACHING RESOURCE
This resource is designed to be used in conjunction with the Introducing Inventions Mini-Lesson. Use this resource as an…
WORKSHEETS
A lesson that focuses on the Acadian culture and how they used dikes to prosper in their farming community. Because…
Students learn about science history during a week long unit that culminates with an interdisciplinary science history…
Sarah Boone patented the ironing board in 1892. In this printable, children read about this famous African-American…
Throughout history, people have been fascinated by the prospect of flight. Leonardo Da Vinci drew diagrams and built…
What kind of dual-purpose, environmentally-friendly appliance will you have in the future? (Such as the trash-to-energy…
BOOK GUIDES
Teach students about historical figures, events, inventions and discoveries through steampunk for young readers. These…
Students invent their own sport and then play.
Students invent their own musical instrument using materials commonly found around the home or at school.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the invention of the light bulb.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to pneumatic tires.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the invention of the flashbulb.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to wind-up cars.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the razor blade.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the introduction of the taxicab.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to roller skates.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to staplers (a type of third-class levers).
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Anthony Trollope, inventor of the "pillar box" (mailbox).
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the history of washing machines.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the ballpoint pen.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the discovery of celluloid.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the typewriter.
