Thursday, February 23, 2012

Inventors

Mrs. Bosley taught a unit on inventors! This unit was full of deep thinking questions, higher level thinking and applying the knowledge of inventors to ourselves. Check out the pictures below of the finished product-most of the class's favorite invention-the ipod!

 Emma's invention

 Emma's Colorful Sock!

 Favorite part of our iphone

 Top row of ipod apps

 Top row of ipod apps (opened)
1st Flap-Definition of an inventor
2nd Flap-Inventions we can't live without
3rd Flap-Garrett Morgan (invented the stoplight)

 2nd Row of ipod apps


  2nd Row of ipod apps (opened)
                   1st Flap-Thomas Edison (invented motion picture)
             2nd Flap-Wright Brothers (invented airplane at Kitty Hawk)
       3rd Flap-Alexander Graham Bell (invented telephone and the first words that were said on it)


3rd Row of iphone apps
1st Flap-Henry Ford invented the car (we assembled our cars using an assembly line!)
2nd Flap-Steven Jobs (creator of Apple)
3rd Flap-Create your own invention (This was so fun!)


This project was so much fun! It is wonderful when great teachers can work together to come up with an enriching activity by working together. Thanks to Charly Stagg, Melanie Duhrkopf and Devon Bosley for making this project rock!