Class F1-1st Experimental School of Thessaloniki

Digital stories about inventions

Here is a collection of digital stories presenting inventions of the modern world! What do you think of them? Do they meet the criteria in the rubric for our digital storytelling projects?

Project “Great innovators and inventions of modern times”

Here is a set of websites you can browse in order to decide on and to find information about the invention or the innovator in your digital stories. You can also use the list of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the National Academy of Science!

I have already typed the key expression "famous inventions" to save you some time but do not hesitate to try useing other keywords, as well!

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php

https://www.kiddle.co/s.php?q=famous+inventions#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=famous%20inventions&gsc.page=1

https://search.kidzsearch.com/kzwikisearch.php?q=important%20inventions&aff=&subid=&oq=important%20inventions&v=#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=important%20inventions&gsc.page=1

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=important+inventions&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1

https://search.kidzsearch.com/kzsearch.php?q=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&aff=1409465098&subid=safe-search&oq=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&v=#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&gsc.page=1

https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

Project “Great innovators and inventions of modern times”

Here is a set of websites you can browse in order to decide on and to find information about the invention or the innovator in your digital stories. You can also use the list of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the National Academy of Science!

I have already typed the key expression "famous inventions" to save you some time but do not hesitate to try using other keywords, as well!

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php

https://www.kiddle.co/s.php?q=famous+inventions#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=famous%20inventions&gsc.page=1

https://search.kidzsearch.com/kzwikisearch.php?q=important%20inventions&aff=&subid=&oq=important%20inventions&v=#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=important%20inventions&gsc.page=1

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=important+inventions&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1

https://search.kidzsearch.com/kzsearch.php?q=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&aff=1409465098&subid=safe-search&oq=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&v=#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&gsc.page=1

https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

Greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century

Explore the website and present in class your conclusions about: a. its structure, b. the content.

http://www.greatachievements.org/

The Innovator

Who is the Innovator? What drives innovation in this video?

Investigating innovation

Watch this video about innovation and discuss in your group what innovation involves.

Then, make a collaborative concept map in your notebooks, including a definition and the processes which innovation involves, as well as anything else you find interesting.

Innovation is Great … Britain

Watch the video and work in your group to complete the activities in your worksheet!

Here are links to online dictionaries and encyclopedias for Activity 2:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

https://www.kiddle.co/

Wiki for Kids | Safe Search

Inventions word search

Don't forget to log in before you do the word search!

“What happens next” machine

Watch Kermit testing his "What happens next" invention! What is the function of his invention?