Inventions!

1st Grade Research and Inquiry Resources

Objectives

• Children will use the computer to do research and inquiry on inventions.
• Children will learn more about how to come up with an invention.
• Children will complete a worksheet by creating their own invention.

Suggested Activities

• Have children look at the different inventions on the Web site. Then have them go around the classroom looking for inventions. Ask them to draw or write the names of 5 inventions that they find.
• Utilize the next family day as an Expo where the kids can show and explain the car that they created.

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Inventions!

1st Grade Research and Inquiry Resources

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