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Inventors and Inventions

Inventors and Inventions by Scoilnet

Find out about Inventors and try lots of experiments yourself.

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Follow timelines for inventions and get to grips with the people who invented the electric light bulb, the x-ray, telephone and car assembly line.

Inventions: Facts and Myths

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.htm Added: 04 Dec 2007 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Game / Guide/notes

Learn about inventions that will amaze, inspire and amuse you.

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5-6 SESE Science
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Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Suggestions for use: Get the students to write an account of an invention that interested them. Project work: Do a project on an inventor that caught the attention.

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Inventor Biography

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventors.htm Added: 04 Dec 2007 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Reference

From the date of the first printing press to the current explosion of the Web, the greatest moments in the history of innovation are chronicled on these inventor biographies.

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Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Suggestions for use: Pick an inventor and get the children to do a project on him/her. Conduct a class discussion on great inventors.

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The Wright Brothers

http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/ Added: 24 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Reference

Information and timelines about the invention of manned flight. Focuses on the pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright and includes a section on Classroom Activities

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5-6 SESE History
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Strand: Continuity & Change Over Time

Strand unit: Transport

Suggestions for use: The specific lesson plan on Evaluating Evidence gets students to distinguish between primary and secondary source material.

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Thomas Edison

http://invention.si.edu/thomas-edisons-inventive-life Added: 24 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Experiment / Guide/notes

Biographical notes about Thomas Edison and his inventions. Covers his early life, his business acumen and his invention of the light bulb.

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5-6 SESE History
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Strand: Continuity & Change Over Time

Strand unit: Energy and Power

Suggestions for use: The Make a Light Bulb page could be used in SESE Science while the biographical notes are good teacher background information. Might also be used for project work on Edison.

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Strand: Energy & Forces

Strand unit: Sound

Suggestions for use: The Make a Light Bulb page could be used in SESE Science while the biographical notes are good teacher background information. Might also be used for project work on Edison.

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Alexander Graham Bell

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/alexander_graham_bell.php Added: 24 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notes

Clear biographical notes on the inventor of the telephone. Outlines his other inventions as well and contains links to other inventors, like DaVinci, Einstein and Henry ford among others.

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Strand unit: Transport

Suggestions for use: Teacher background information but could be used as basis for project. Get the students to write some basic biographical notes on a chosen inventor.

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Light Experiments

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/seeindark.htm Added: 18 Dec 2005 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Experiment

Simple, clear page detailing several experiments dealing with the concept of light, dark and shadows.

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Suggestions for use: Simple experiments dealing with the concept of light, dark and shadows

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Science Experiments

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educators/teaching_resources.aspx Added: 24 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Game / Experiment

Series of online games to reinforce understanding of Science. Browse by age, subject and topic.

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Strand: Energy & Forces

Suggestions for use: Lots of content here so you need to choose in advance. Resources are suitable for display on IWB.

Strand: Energy & Forces

Suggestions for use: Lots of content here so you need to choose in advance. Resources are suitable for display on IWB.

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Creative Chemistry

http://creative-chemistry.org.uk/activities/ Added: 03 Dec 2007 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Lesson Plan

Have fun trying out the experiments described on this websites.The lesson plans can be downloaded.

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Alexander Graham Bell

Bell invented the telephone in the 1860s, but did you know at the time of his burial in 1922, every telephone of the Bell system in the United States and Canada was kept silent for one minute . . . 

Inventions that Changed the World

Here is a timeline of inventions that changed the world with a short piece of text on each.

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