Inventions

Objectives

1.  Read and gather information about inventors and inventions.

2.  Create a product related to an inventor or invention.

Task 1 - Gather Information

The objective of this task is to gather some basic information on some famous inventors and inventions.  

Before you begin, click this link to get a worksheet to fill in.  You can either fill in the worksheet on your computer and then print it out, or print it out first and fill it in by hand.  Either way, bring the worksheet to me when you get it completed.

Visit the websites and answer the questions on the worksheet.

2.	Thomas Edison http://www.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/edison.html

3.	Alexander Graham Bell http://www.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/bell.html

4.	20th Century Inventions http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121599a.htm?PM=ss11_inventors

5.	History of Computers & Internet http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm?PM=ss12_inventors

6.	Basic Inventions Information http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/ http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm http://www.totallyabsurd.com/absurd.htm http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/