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Offline CliffK

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Inventions Lesson
« on: January 22, 2016, 05:38:12 PM »
Hey All,

This is a lesson I made on inventions. I did borrow some materials from some other posters on here, but I felt like the lesson was different enough that it deserved a new thread.

Presentation: Introduce the topic of inventions to the students. What is an invention? What makes an invention popular? Watch the gif of the carrot harvester and discuss pictures of some strange inventions.

Practice: Watch 2 short videos of homemade inventions. Discuss.

Production: In groups, students create new inventions. We then present these inventions to the class, with the non-presenting students filling out a worksheet while other groups present.

All materials are attached. I did have to remove the gif of the carrot harvester from the PPT because the PPT with the gif was too big to upload on this site. You can find a similar gif here (https://45.media.tumblr.com/ea6b6517658d804a74aee5e6c03f03bc/tumblr_o04zonSMov1qzfsnio1_500.gif)
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Re: Inventions Lesson
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2016, 04:22:23 AM »
this will work in my class
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Offline CliffK

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Re: Inventions Lesson
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2016, 02:46:54 PM »
I am finally getting to do the lesson this week- it is going pretty well! I decided to make a template that I could hand out (one per group) so that there was a little more guidance for the students. I printed it on B4 paper to make it easier to see when they came up to present. I'm attaching the template here.
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Offline CliffK

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Re: Inventions Lesson
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2016, 02:53:38 PM »
Here are a couple of my students' inventions. For 2nd year middle school students I thought they did pretty well!
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Re: Inventions Lesson
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2016, 01:24:26 PM »
Thank you for another amazing lesson. I expect nothing less from you at this point, CliffK!

I converted it into a two week lesson. Feel free to check it out.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KVR9LtHPGOQcGtPwD7k_zund99MNe9SKwl_it-0LMZ0/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks again!
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Re: Inventions Lesson
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2016, 01:48:30 PM »
Quote from: CardinalMont on April 08, 2016, 01:24:26 PM
Thank you for another amazing lesson. I expect nothing less from you at this point, CliffK!

I converted it into a two week lesson. Feel free to check it out.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KVR9LtHPGOQcGtPwD7k_zund99MNe9SKwl_it-0LMZ0/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks again!

Thanks, and your presentation looks awesome! I'm sure the kids really enjoyed the gifs about armor and stuff that you put in. When I was doing the lesson I was thinking the same thing- that this probably could have been stretched out over 2 weeks.

One thing that I ended up doing part way through was instead of just having the kids share their invention, I handed out Plickers cards (plickers.com). They're cards with QR codes on them, and students can hold them in 4 different ways to represent choice A, B, C, or D. I can use my smartphone to record the students' choices, and the results are displayed live on the TV screen.

After each team team shared their invention, I had the rest of the class rate that invention. (A= amazing, B= very good, C= OK, D= not so good). The live rating of their invention showed up on the TV. It made it more interactive and ensured that the rest of the class paid attention while one group shared. Also, students loved to volunteer and share their inventions because they liked to get voted on.

Anyway, good stuff!
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Re: Inventions Lesson
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2016, 01:52:22 AM »
Very nice lesson.
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