Unit Study to study Inventors / Inventions?

[2greatkids]

Hi All,
I am wondering if anyone has come across a unti study / lapbook... anything... to study inventors and inventions?
My ds 5 is SO interested in inventions... both creating a unique one of his own, as well as learning about people who have already done it. So, I checked out the book So You WantTo Be An Inventor.. he is hungry for MORE!! :)
I could just check out books, but I'd love something a little more organized, if I could find it!
Thanks!!

[MelissaMinNC]

www.currclick.com Used to be homeschoolestore. Anyway, I thought I saw something like this, but I just glanced at it, so not sure if it was a unit study or a lapbook or what ages it might be for. Aren't I helpful? ;)

:)
Melissa

[HollyDay]

BF has a couple ideas in their History of Science. You could get Great Inventors and study that along with The Way Things Work. Or perhaps some biographies of inventors. Check out the titles at BF for some ideas

[hsmom]

Here is a few free resources. Hope they help.


http://www.cln.org/themes/inventors.html
http://www.angelfire.com/pa4/weslanco/
http://www.texashomeeducators.com/unitstudiesmain.htm
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/inventorsandinventions1/
http://www.inventored.org/k-12/
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/primary/Invent/

[Trivium Academy]

It's at http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com/catalog/displaycatalog.php?catalog=nature
Look inside here (http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bachman&book=inventors&story=_contents)
Twelve stories of great inventions, grouped under inventions of steam and electric power, inventions of manufacture and production, and in ventions of printing and communication. The final chapter introduces the famous inventors of the early twentieth century. The story of each invention is interwoven with that of the life of its inventor. Through these stories the reader learns how big things are brought about, and on the traits of mind and heart which make for success. Ages 10-14 286 pages $11.95
More resources
Free Timeline http://www.indianchild.com/inventions.htm
Another timeline http://www.lovetolearn.net/catalog/detail/Inventions/3
Inventors and Inventions Unit Study http://rainbowresource.com/product/Inventors%2C+Inventions+%26amp%3B+Entrepreneurs+Un it+St/006146/1205544910-364822

Free unit study
http://homeschool-curricula.suite101.com/article.cfm/famous_inventions_timeline
http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/homeschool/articles/vol6iss1/linklibrarian61.shtml

Great Inventors Notebooking set
http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=16717

hope this helps

[Ellen Redsax]

We're having fun with a book called Reinvent the Wheel. In each chapter, they explain a problem, then guide you through the steps to build an invention that solves the problem. Then there's an inventor's challenge, where they give you hints about how to improve your invention, but don't give you all the answers. It starts with the potter's wheel and goes through inventions based on simple machines, inventions using chemistry, and inventions you can live in. There's probably more stuff I'm forgetting. We've only done the first few chapters so far. Check out our marshmallow catapult video, but bear in mind that we didn't actually knock over the enemy soldiers with marshmallows, we just edited it to look that way.

http://redsax.blogspot.com/2008/03/reinvent-wheel.html

http://www.amazon.com/Reinvent-Wheel-Inventions-Problem-Solving-Inventors/dp/0471395390/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204857226&sr=8-1

[mcconnellboys]

Professor Noggins offers an Inventions game, too, to go along with your books.

Regena

[Mom2boys]

The God's Design for the Physical World series has a volume on inventors and inventions called "Inventions and Technology". You can see the table of contents at:
http://www.rdeducation.com/

[2greatkids]

THANKS!!
Everything looks so good!!

[Closeacademy]

The Notebooking Nook has a set of notebooking pages that goes along with a book on the Baldwin Project that covers biographies of inventors. Here is the link to Notebooking Nook and there is a link on there to the Baldwin Project book.

http://www.notebookingnook.com/Products/GreatInventorsProducts/index.html

[Kathie in VA]

The Story of Inventions is a great book. Not sure if it was already mentioned. This book takes you thru the struggles of the inventors as they work on their invention. It's in narrative style writing so it's easy to read and very informative.

This might be part of the BF books, but I don't remember.