OHIO INVENTORS

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OHIO INVENTORS

• Kelley Hager
• ED 629-01

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OHIO INVENTORS

• 4th Grade Social Studies
• Ohio History

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OBJECTIVES

• Given supplies, students will be able to design
  and create a prototype of an invention to better
  understand the creative process of inventions.
• Given background on the Wright Brothers, Charles
  Kettering, Garrett Morgan, Granville Woods and
  Thomas Edison students will be able to work
  together in groups to produce a written and oral
  report about a selected inventor and their
  inventions.
• Given the background on these inventors, students
  will be able to develop a timeline detailing when
  the inventions occurred in Ohio history.
• After completing all activities, students will
  demonstrate what they have learned by completing
  a matching worksheet.

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MATERIALS

• Computer
• Paper plates, crayons, colored pencils, markers,
  scissors
• Inventor research sheet
• Ohio inventors timeline
• Ohio inventors matching worksheet

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STUDENT ACTIVITIES

• Students will be introduced to inventions with
  background stories and examples of earmuffs,
  adhesive bandages, Lifesavers candy, and a
  Frisbee
• Students will make a prototype of their own
  inventions from paper plates, write a sales pitch
  for the invention and then share it with the
  class
• Students will learn about Ohio inventors the
  Wright Brothers, Charles Kettering, Garrett
  Morgan, Granville Woods, and Thomas Edison by
  watching PowerPoint
• Students will choose one inventor and working in
  groups will prepare a written report based on
  information found in websites provided in the
  PowerPoint and by using inventor research sheet
  as a guide
• Groups will make oral reports to the class about
  their chosen inventor
• Class will create a timeline of these inventors
  after listening to everyones reports
• Students will complete a matching worksheet

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WEBSITES

• Following is an interactive PowerPoint
  presentation for students
• Websites included are
• http//www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/wright/
• http//www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec22
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• http//www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec27
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• http//www.oplin.org/famousohioans/inventors/puzzl
  er.htmlperson6
• http//www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/edison.htm
• http//inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgre
  enwood.htm
• http//inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/b
  andaid.htm
• http//inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllif
  esavers.htm

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INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS

• Inventors are often ordinary people who follow
  through with their creative ideas to make their
  dreams a reality (Click pictures)
• Chester Greenwoods Earmuffs
• Earle Dicksons Adhesive Bandage
• Clarence Cranes Lifesavers

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YOU BE THE INVENTOR

• Use paper plate, crayons, colored pencils,
  markers to invent a prototype (model) of an
  invention that will solve a problem or be useful
  to others
• Write a sales pitch for the invention on an index
  card
• Share your invention with the class

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OHIO INVENTORS

• You have heard about some inventors and their
  inventions
• You have created a prototype of your own
  invention
• Now lets learn about some Ohio inventors and
  their inventions

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OHIO INVENTORS(Click on pictures)
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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

• Lived in Dayton, Ohio
• First in airplane flight
• First successful flight of a powered airplane at
  Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903
• (Click on photo of Orville and Wilbur to learn
  more)

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CHARLES KETTERING

• Born near Loudenville, Ohio on Aug. 29, 1876
• Later moved to Dayton
• Invented the electric cash register while working
  at NCR (National Cash Register)
• Founded Delco
• Invented electric engine starter for cars
• (Click on photo of Charles Kettering for more
  information)

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GARRETT MORGAN

• Born on March 4, 1877 in Kentucky
• Lived in Cincinnati and later Cleveland
• Invented the stoplight
• Also invented the gasmask
• (Click on Morgans photo to learn more)

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GRANVILLE WOODS

• Born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio
• Invented overhead electric train wires
• Invented train telegraph service
• (Click on photo of Granville Woods for more
  information)

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THOMAS EDISON

• Born in Milan, Ohio in 1847
• Invented the electric light bulb
• Also invented the phonograph and record
• Also invented the movie camera and projector
• (Click on Edisons photo to learn more)

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RESEARCH AND REPORT

• Choose one of the Ohio inventors (Wright
  Brothers, Charles Kettering, Garrett Morgan,
  Granville Woods, or Thomas Edison) and form
  groups based on selection
• Research the inventor from the website provided
  in the PowerPoint and prepare a one page written
  report that includes a picture of one of the
  inventions (use the research sheet on the next
  slide as a guide)
• As a group, present your inventor to the class,
  telling something about the inventor
• and what he invented

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INVENTOR RESEARCH SHEET(Answer the following
questions.)

• Who is your inventor?
• When was he born?
• Where in Ohio did he live?
• What did he like to do as a child or young man?
• What kind of work did he do as an adult?
• What did he invent? (Can name more than one
  invention)
• Why was his invention important?

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CREATE A TIMELINE

• After group oral reports about Ohio inventors,
  lets prepare a timeline about the inventors
  showing when their inventions were created using
  the timeline on the following slide

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OHIO INVENTORS TIMELINE

• Write dates for each event in time order
  from bottom to top. Add details along the line.

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OHIO INVENTORSCan you correctly match the
inventor with inventions?

• ___ light bulb, movie camera and projector
• ___ electric engine starter, electric cash
  register
• ___ first successful airplane,
• ___ stop light, gas mask
• ___ overhead electric train lines, train
  telegraph service

• a. Garrett Morgan
• b. Thomas Edison
• c. Wright Brothers
• d. Charles Kettering
• e. Granville Woods

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JUST FOR FUN