Inventor Webquest



Inventor WebQuest

A WebQuest for 7th and 8th Grade (Technology)

Designed by

Lisa Nieters

lnieters@triad.

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Inventors

|Introduction |

|Students are going to use links on the web and one print source to locate information about one inventor, specifically whose inventions |

|have impacted technology. Pick an inventor you are truly interested in since you will be “living” with this inventor for the next month;|

|if your inventor boring to you, then it will be boring to everyone else. |

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Inventors

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|The Task |

|Information to include: |

|Who is your inventor?...Choose and inventor, then find out about the inventor’s life, where were they born and when, what was going on in|

|the world at that time, who or what influenced them to invent? |

|What did they invent, when and why?... (if numerous inventions, concentrate on 2 or 3 of their most important inventions); what was it, |

|when did they invent it and why did they invent it or what problem(s) did it solve? |

|Why do we still use it or some version of it today?...Think about their original invention, any next generations (if any), and what is |

|its form today? How does it affect our daily living? What would life be like without it? How does an invention improve our lives? |

|What could be or is coming next?... Think about the modern day form of their invention and figure out an idea for what could come next. |

|This could be something that is currently a prototype or your own ideas. |

|When you're finished finding and recording information, pull it all together. Using the information from the website links and one |

|print resource you will produce: |

|A minimum of 20 note cards from your research & |

|3 page Inventor Biography Paper |

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|Typed, double spaced |

|12 point, Times New Roman font with 1 inch margins |

|Every page should include: your name, teacher name, class name, date in upper left-hand corner and your last name and page # in upper |

|right-hand corner. The title of your paper should only be included on the first page. Example |

|Works cited page of at least three sources (one print) in MLA style |

Inventors

|The Process |

|Research potential inventors that interest from prepared list (see below. |

|Once you choose your inventor check with Mr. Greenwood to make sure no one else in class has chosen the same one. |

|With Mr. Greenwood’s approval begin WebQuest using links listed below and print resources in the media center. |

|Record information gathered on note cards (20 minimum) by answering questions below. |

|Turn 20 note cards into Mr. Greenwood by 9/19/11. |

|Type the 3 page paper (See previous page). |

|Use citation maker to create an accurate MLA style bibliography. |

|Create cover sheet (See previous page). |

|Turn in paper to Mr. Greenwood by 10/13/11. |

|Approved List |

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|The Process (Continued) |

|CMS Media Center Reference Sources |

|CMS Media Center Catalog |

|World Book Online (User name – CMS350 Password - Cardinal ) |

|NetTrekker (User name – CLM350 Password – CLM350) |

|NC Wise Owl (Password – Wiseowl) |

|Brain Pop (User name – Swanderson Password – wsfcs) |

|Biography (Videos and pictures) |

|Search tip: enter inventor’s name |

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| (Search by invention or inventor’s name) |

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|Inventors Hall of Fame (Search by invention or inventor’s name) |

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| (Pictures) |

|Search tip: enter science & exploration |

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|Library of Congress |

|(Search tip: inventors and only select U.S. Historical, Cultural Collections and Prints & Photographs Online catalog OR search by topic) |

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|Fact Monster (Search by race, ethnicity or field of study) |

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|Smithsonian (Brief info and limited biographies) |

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|MIT (Search by invention or inventor with brief info and sketches of inventors) |

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| (Minority inventor biographies) |

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|PBS (Search by inventor’s name or “inventor”) |

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Inventors

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Inventors

|Evaluation |Beginning |Developing |Accomplished |Excellent |Score |

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|Introduction |Disorganized, no |Gives too little |Summarizes report |Concise, well-written |. |

| |information on what is to |information. | |introduction | |

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|Research Part 1 (describe |Does not cover all |Covers some of the |Covers most of the |All appropriate topics |. |

|the inventor) |appropriate topics |appropriate topics. |appropriate topics. |covered well. Also | |

| | | | |includes interesting | |

| | | | |facts. | |

|Research Part 2 (describe |Does not cover all |Covers some of the |Covers most of the |All appropriate topics |. |

|the invention) |appropriate topics |appropriate topics. |appropriate topics. |covered well. Also | |

| | | | |includes interesting | |

| | | | |facts. | |

|Spelling/Grammar |Many spelling and |A few errors |Only one or two errors |Spelling and grammar |. |

| |grammatical errors | | |perfect | |

|Presentation |Not typed |Typed according to only |Typed according to most|Typed according to |. |

| | |one specification |specifications |specifications | |

|References |No references |Less than 3 references, |3 references , listed |3+ references, listed in |. |

| | |incomplete citations |in appropriate MLA |appropriate MLA format | |

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|Timeliness |Over a week late |A week late |A day or two late |Handed in on time |. |

Inventors

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|Conclusion |

|After you have completed the Inventors WebQuest, hopefully you will have learned more about a particular inventor, their inventions and |

|how they impacted technology in the past and today. By organizing what you have learned, and putting the information into note cards and |

|finally into a paper with MLA citations, you may also see not only how modern day technology depended on the inventions that came before |

|them but how they may influence the next generation of inventors and inventions. |

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Your Last Name Page #

John Q. Student

Professor Doe

English 344

8 May 2000

Your Title Goes Here

Here is the body of your paper……

Your Last Name Page #

Works Cited

Doe, Jane Q. "Title of an Article." Title of a Magazine 12 Aug. 1999: 23.

Doe, John R. "Title of an Article." Title of a Scholarly Journal 18 (1987): 112-28.

Lastname, Firstname. Title of a Sample Book. City: Publisher, year.

Maner, Martin. "Women and Eighteenth-Century Literature." 14 Apr. 1999. Wright State University. 9 Aug. 1999 .

Inventors

• Robert Adler, (1913–2007), Austria/United States — wireless remote control

• Mary Anderson, (1866–1953), United States — windshield wiper blade

• Edwin H. Armstrong,(1890–1954), U.S. — FM radio

• John Vincent Atanasoff, (1903–1995), United States — modern programmable computer

• Charles Babbage, (1791–1871), UK — analytical engine (semi-automatic computer)

• Ralph H. Baer, (1922–), German born American — video game console

• Alexander Graham Bell, (1847–1922), Canada, Scotland, and U.S. — telephone

• Karl Benz, (1844–1929), Germany — the petrol-powered automobile

• Tim Berners-Lee, (1955–), UK — with Robert Cailliau, the World Wide Web

• Clarence Birdseye, (1886–1956), U.S. — frozen food process

• Nils Bohlin, (1920–2002), Sweden — the three-point seat belt

• Louis Braille, (1809–1852), France — the Braille writing system

• Harry Brearley, (1871–1948), UK — stainless steel

• Sergey Brin, (1973–), Russia/U.S. — with Larry Page invented Google web search engine

• John Moses Browning, (1855–1926), U.S. — automatic handgun

• Robert Cailliau, (1947–), Belgium — with Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web

• George Washington Carver

• Henri Coandă, (1886–1972), Romania — Jet engine

• Samuel Colt, (1814–1862), U.S. — Revolver

• Lloyd Groff Copeman, (1865–1956), U.S. — Electric stove

• Jacques Cousteau, (1910–1997), France — co-inventor of the aqualung and the Nikonos underwater camera

• Rudolf Diesel, (1858–1913), Germany — Diesel engine

• George Eastman, (1854–1932), U.S. — roll film

• Thomas Edison, (1847–1931), U.S. — phonograph, commercially practical light bulb, stock ticker, ticker-tape machine etc.

• Philo Farnsworth, (1906–1971), U.S. — electronic television

• Henry Ford - automobile

• Benjamin Franklin, (1706–1790), U.S. — the pointed lightning rod conductor, bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, the glass harmonica

• Richard J. Gatling, (1818–1903), U.S. — wheat drill, first successful machine gun

• Johann Gutenberg, (c. 1390s–1468), Germany — movable type printing press

• John Harington, (1561–1612), England - the flush toilet

• Charles Francis Jenkins, (1867-1934) - television and movie projector (Phantoscope)

• Steve Jobs – personal computer

• Dean Kamen, (1951–), U.S. — Invented the Segway HT scooter and the IBOT Mobility Device

• Fazlur Khan, (1929–1982), Bangladesh — structural systems for high-rise skyscrapers

• Lewis Latimer, (1848–1928), — Invented the modern day light bulb

• Guglielmo Marconi, (1874–1937), Italy — radio telegraphy

• Robert Moog, (1934–2005), U.S. — the Moog synthesizer Garrett A. Morgan, (1877–1963), U.S. — inventor of the gas mask, and traffic signal.

• Samuel Morse, (1791–1872), U.S. — telegraph

• Isaac Newton,(1642–1727), England — reflecting telescope (which reduces chromatic aberration)

• Joseph Nicephore Niépce, (1765–1833), France — photography

• Alfred Nobel, (1833–1896), Sweden — dynamite

• J. Robert Oppenheimer, (1904–1967), United States — Atomic bomb

• Hans Christian Ørsted, (1777–1851), Denmark — electromagnetism, aluminium

• Larry Page, (1973–), U.S. — with Sergey Brin invented Google web search engine

• Les Paul, (1915–2009), U.S. — multitrack recording

• Hyman George Rickover, (1900–1986), U.S. — Nuclear submarine

• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (1845– the X-ray machine1923), Germany —

• Igor Sikorsky, (1889–1972), Russia/U.S. — first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft (Russky Vityaz), first airliner and purpose-designed bomber (Ilya Muromets), modern helicopter, Igor Sikorsky, (1889–1972), Russia/U.S. — first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft (Russky Vityaz), first airliner and purpose-designed bomber (Ilya Muromets), modern helicopter, Sikorsky-series helicopters

• Percy Spencer – microwave oven

• Levi Strauss, (1829–1902), U.S. — blue jeans

• Edward Teller, (1908–2003), Hungary — hydrogen bomb

• Richard Trevithick, (1771–1833), England — high-pressure steam engine, first full-scale steam locomotive

• Lewis Urry, (1927–2004), Canada — long-lasting alkaline battery

• Eli Whitney, (1765–1825), U.S. — the cotton gin

• Wright brothers, Orville (1871–1948) and Wilbur (1867–1912) — U.S. — powered airplane

Shift F5 – Go Back

Works Cited

Showalter, Doug. "Inventions Webquest." Projects and Research. 02 Feb. 2002. Web. 03 Sept. 2010..

"Templates for Research Papers." Wright State University - Dayton, Ohio. Web. 08 Sept. 2010. .

"WebQuest." Internet4Classrooms - Helping Students, Teachers and Parents Use the Internet Effectively. 29 Nov. 1999. Web. 03 Sept. 2010. .

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