INVENTIONS & INVENTORS THAT SHAPED AMERICA

INVENTIONS &

INVENTORS THAT

SHAPED AMERICA

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING

UPPER ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS

Elijah Macoy

G. W. Ferris

Stephanie Kwolek

The Haudenosaunee

Thomas Alva Edison

Dr. Patricia Bath

Victor Ochoa

by Tracy Clarry

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INVENTIONS &

INVENTORS THAT

SHAPED AMERICA

Table of Contents:

Inventors and Inventions........................................................................3

For Kids ....................................................................................................4

Lessons ....................................................................................................5

Invention Contests ..................................................................................6

Literature ..................................................................................................7

Importance of Play..................................................................................8

Primary Source Documents ..................................................................9

Timelines ..................................................................................................10

Inspiring Websites ..................................................................................11

Essential Questions ................................................................................12

Vocabulary ..............................................................................................13

Photos on cover pulled from the following websites:















"I WANT TO PUT A DING IN THE UNIVERSE.¡±¡ªSTEVE JOBS

Inventors and Inventions:

Famous and Not So Famous Inventors



Thomas Edison



Thomas Edison National Park



Multiple Inventions and Inventors



Mutlicultural Resource Center for Inventors



National Inventors Hall of Fame



African American Inventors







Women Inventors





Latino Inventors





Native Americans Inventors





Steve Jobs



"I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANY THRILL THAT CAN GO THROUGH THE

HUMAN HEART LIKE THAT FELT BY THE INVENTOR AS HE SEES SOME

CREATION OF THE BRAIN UNFOLDING TO SUCCESS... ¡±

¡ªNIKOLA TESLA, ALTERNATING CURRENT

For Kids:

Library of Congress



? Online activities and information on historical inventions

Bill Nye the Science Guy



What in the World is that? Ingenious Inventions Throughout History



cience/non_flash.html

? An interactive game that incorporates primary source documents

? Inventions include: submarine, ornithopter, airphibian, battery radio, cotton gin, reaper,

gramophone, electron microscope, steam engine, carpet cleaner, telephone,

telecommunication, corn detasseler, punched card sorter, turbine water wheel, snow

gauge

InventNow



? Includes a gallery of kid inventors

Camp Invention



? Summer day camp for kids sponsored by the National Inventor's Hall of Fame

Inventive Kids



? Interactive, inspires kids to invent

? Includes teacher resources

National Gallery for America¡¯s Young Inventors



The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Kids' Pages



"MAN IS A SHREWD INVENTOR, AND IS EVER TAKING THE HINT OF

A NEW MACHINE FROM HIS OWN STRUCTURE, ADAPTING SOME

SECRET OF HIS OWN ANATOMY IN IRON, WOOD, AND LEATHER,

TO SOME REQUIRED FUNCTION IN THE WORK OF THE WORLD."

¡ªRALPH WALDO EMERSON

Lessons:

Create a Lesson around a field trip to the George Eastman House in Rochester



Thomas Edison For Kids (Science Netlinks)



The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison¡¯s Laboratories ()



Ready made Lesson Plan 1: Great American Inventors

Using Nonfiction to Learn About Technology ()



Biographies: Creating Timelines of a Life ()



Integrating Inventions Across Content Areas ()



US History: Inventors & Entrepreneurs ()



Amazing Americans: A WebQuest



African American Inventors and Inventions ()



African American Inventors ():



The Inventor Was a Woman ()



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