Inventor WebQuest

A WebQuest for 7th and 8th Grade (Technology)

Designed by

Lisa Nieters

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Inventors

Introduction

Students are going to use links on the web and one print source to locate information about one inventor, specifically whose inventions have impacted technology. Pick an inventor you are truly interested in since you will be “living” with this inventor for the next month; if your inventor boring to you, then it will be boring to everyone else.

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The Task
Information to include:

Who is your inventor?...Choose and inventor, then find out about the inventor’s life, where were they born and when, what was going on in the world at that time, who or what influenced them to invent?

What did they invent, when and why?... (if numerous inventions, concentrate on 2 or 3 of their most important inventions); what was it, when did they invent it and why did they invent it or what problem(s) did it solve?

Why do we still use it or some version of it today?...Think about their original invention, any next generations (if any), and what is its form today? How does it affect our daily living? What would life be like without it? How does an invention improve our lives?

What could be or is coming next?... Think about the modern day form of their invention and figure out an idea for what could come next. This could be something that is currently a prototype or your own ideas.

When you're finished finding and recording information, pull it all together. Using the information from the website links and one print resource you will produce: A minimum of 20 note cards from your research 3 page Inventor Biography Paper–Typed, double spaced–12 point, Times New Roman font with 1 inch margins–Every page should include: your name, teacher name, class name, date in upper left-hand corner and your last name and page # in upper right-hand corner. The title of your paper should only be included on the first page. Example–Works cited page of at least three sources (one print)in MLA style

Inventors

The Process
1.Research potential inventors that interest from prepared list (see below. 2.Once you choose your inventor check with Mr. Greenwood to make sure no one else in class has chosen the same one.3.With Mr. Greenwood’s approval begin WebQuest using links listed below and print resources in the media center.4.Record information gathered on note cards (20 minimum) by answering questions below.5.Turn 20 note cards into Mr. Greenwood by 9/19/11.6.Type the 3 page paper (See previous page).7.Use citation maker to create an accurate MLA style bibliography.8.Create cover sheet (See previous page).9.Turn in paper to Mr. Greenwood by 10/13/11.
Approved List
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CMS Media Center Reference Sources
CMS Media Center Catalog
World Book Online (User name – CMS350 Password - Cardinal )
NetTrekker (User name – CLM350 Password – CLM350)
NC Wise Owl (Password – Wiseowl)
Brain Pop (User name – Swanderson Password – wsfcs)
Biography (Videos and pictures)
Search tip: enter inventor’s name
(Search by invention or inventor’s name)
Inventors Hall of Fame (Search by invention or inventor’s name)
(Pictures)
Search tip: enter science & exploration
Library of Congress
(Search tip: inventors and only select U.S. Historical, Cultural Collections and Prints & Photographs Online catalog OR search by topic)
Fact Monster (Search by race, ethnicity or field of study)
Smithsonian (Brief info and limited biographies)
MIT (Search by invention or inventor with brief info and sketches of inventors)
(Minority inventor biographies)
PBS (Search by inventor’s name or “inventor”)

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Inventors

Evaluation / Beginning
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2 / Accomplished
3 / Excellent
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Introduction / Disorganized, no information on what is to come / Gives too little information. / Summarizes report / Concise, well-written introduction / .
Research Part 1 (describe the inventor) / Does not cover all appropriate topics / Covers some of the appropriate topics. / Covers most of the appropriate topics. / All appropriate topics covered well. Also includes interesting facts. / .
Research Part 2 (describe the invention) / Does not cover all appropriate topics / Covers some of the appropriate topics. / Covers most of the appropriate topics. / All appropriate topics covered well. Also includes interesting facts. / .
Spelling/Grammar / Many spelling and grammatical errors / A few errors / Only one or two errors / Spelling and grammar perfect / .
Presentation / Not typed / Typedaccording to only one specification / Typedaccording to most specifications / Typedaccording to specifications / .
References / No references / Less than 3 references, incomplete citations / 3 references , listed in appropriate MLA format / 3+ references, listed in appropriate MLA format / .
Timeliness / Over a week late / A week late / A day or two late / Handed in on time / .

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Conclusion

After you have completed the Inventors WebQuest, hopefully you will have learned more about a particular inventor, their inventions and how they impacted technology in the past and today. By organizing what you have learned, and putting the information into note cards and finally into a paper with MLA citations, you may also see not only how modern day technology depended on the inventions that came before them but how they may influence the next generation of inventors and inventions.

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Your Last Name Page #

John Q. Student

Professor Doe

English 344

8 May 2000

Your Title Goes Here

Here is the body of your paper……

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Your Last Name Page #

Works Cited

Doe, Jane Q. "Title of an Article." Title of a Magazine 12 Aug. 1999: 23.

Doe, John R. "Title of an Article." Title of a Scholarly Journal 18 (1987): 112-28.

Lastname, Firstname. Title of a Sample Book. City: Publisher, year.

Maner, Martin. "Women and Eighteenth-Century Literature." 14 Apr. 1999. WrightStateUniversity. 9 Aug. 1999 <

Inventors

  • Robert Adler, (1913–2007), Austria/United States — wireless remote control
  • Mary Anderson, (1866–1953), United States — windshield wiper blade
  • Edwin H. Armstrong,(1890–1954), U.S. — FM radio
  • John Vincent Atanasoff, (1903–1995), United States — modern programmable computer
  • Charles Babbage, (1791–1871), UK — analytical engine (semi-automatic computer)
  • Ralph H. Baer, (1922–), German born American — video game console
  • Alexander Graham Bell, (1847–1922), Canada, Scotland, and U.S. — telephone
  • Karl Benz, (1844–1929), Germany — the petrol-powered automobile
  • Tim Berners-Lee, (1955–), UK — with Robert Cailliau, the World Wide Web
  • Clarence Birdseye, (1886–1956), U.S. — frozen food process
  • Nils Bohlin, (1920–2002), Sweden — the three-point seat belt
  • Louis Braille, (1809–1852), France — the Braille writing system
  • Harry Brearley, (1871–1948), UK —stainless steel
  • Sergey Brin, (1973–), Russia/U.S. — with Larry Page invented Google web search engine
  • John Moses Browning, (1855–1926), U.S. — automatic handgun
  • Robert Cailliau, (1947–), Belgium — with Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web
  • George Washington Carver
  • Henri Coandă, (1886–1972), Romania — Jet engine
  • Samuel Colt, (1814–1862), U.S. — Revolver
  • Lloyd Groff Copeman, (1865–1956), U.S. — Electric stove
  • Jacques Cousteau, (1910–1997), France — co-inventor of the aqualung and the Nikonos underwater camera
  • Rudolf Diesel, (1858–1913), Germany — Diesel engine
  • George Eastman, (1854–1932), U.S. — roll film
  • Thomas Edison, (1847–1931), U.S. — phonograph, commercially practical light bulb, stock ticker, ticker-tape machine etc.
  • Philo Farnsworth, (1906–1971), U.S. — electronictelevision
  • Henry Ford - automobile
  • Benjamin Franklin, (1706–1790), U.S. — the pointed lightning rod conductor, bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, the glass harmonica
  • Richard J. Gatling, (1818–1903), U.S. — wheat drill, first successful machine gun
  • Johann Gutenberg, (c. 1390s–1468), Germany — movable type printing press
  • John Harington, (1561–1612), England - the flush toilet
  • Charles Francis Jenkins, (1867-1934) - television and movie projector (Phantoscope)
  • Steve Jobs – personal computer
  • Dean Kamen, (1951–), U.S. — Invented the Segway HT scooter and the IBOT Mobility Device
  • Fazlur Khan, (1929–1982), Bangladesh — structural systems for high-rise skyscrapers
  • Lewis Latimer, (1848–1928), — Invented the modern day light bulb
  • Guglielmo Marconi, (1874–1937), Italy — radiotelegraphy
  • Robert Moog, (1934–2005), U.S. — the Moog synthesizerGarrett A. Morgan, (1877–1963), U.S. — inventor of the gas mask, and traffic signal.
  • Samuel Morse, (1791–1872), U.S. — telegraph
  • Isaac Newton,(1642–1727), England — reflecting telescope (which reduces chromatic aberration)
  • Joseph Nicephore Niépce, (1765–1833), France — photography
  • Alfred Nobel, (1833–1896), Sweden — dynamite
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer, (1904–1967), United States — Atomic bomb
  • Hans Christian Ørsted, (1777–1851), Denmark — electromagnetism, aluminium
  • Larry Page, (1973–), U.S. — with Sergey Brin invented Google web search engine
  • Les Paul, (1915–2009), U.S. — multitrack recording
  • Hyman George Rickover, (1900–1986), U.S. — Nuclear submarine
  • Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (1845–the X-ray machine1923), Germany —
  • Igor Sikorsky, (1889–1972), Russia/U.S. — first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft (Russky Vityaz), first airliner and purpose-designed bomber (Ilya Muromets), modern helicopter, Igor Sikorsky, (1889–1972), Russia/U.S. — first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft (Russky Vityaz), first airliner and purpose-designed bomber (Ilya Muromets), modern helicopter, Sikorsky-series helicopters
  • Percy Spencer – microwave oven
  • Levi Strauss, (1829–1902), U.S. — blue jeans
  • Edward Teller, (1908–2003), Hungary — hydrogen bomb
  • Richard Trevithick, (1771–1833), England — high-pressure steam engine, first full-scale steam locomotive
  • Lewis Urry, (1927–2004), Canada — long-lasting alkaline battery
  • Eli Whitney, (1765–1825), U.S. — the cotton gin
  • Wright brothers, Orville (1871–1948) and Wilbur (1867–1912) — U.S. — powered airplane

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Works Cited

Showalter, Doug. "Inventions Webquest." Projects and Research. 02 Feb. 2002. Web. 03 Sept. 2010.<

"Templates for Research Papers." WrightStateUniversity - Dayton, Ohio. Web. 08 Sept. 2010. <

"WebQuest." Internet4Classrooms - Helping Students, Teachers and Parents Use the Internet Effectively. 29 Nov. 1999. Web. 03 Sept. 2010. <

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