Class F2 - 1st Experimental Primary School of Thessaloniki

Digital stories about innovators

Do you want to get an idea of what your presentation can be like? Here are two digital stories about great innovators of the past, the Wright brothers and the Montgolfiers brothers!

Watch and reflect on the rubrics for digital storytelling that we use in evaluating our digital stories.

http://photodentro.edu.gr/v/item/video/8522/789

http://photodentro.edu.gr/v/item/video/8522/788

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/

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.

The Innovator

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

Innovation is Great … Britain

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

Here is the link to the online dictionary for Activity 2:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

And here is the link to the concordance for Activity 2:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIGbgrA0f16Sm7oOSOsODpKBSA9G8t2gud94pWZB44s/edit?usp=sharing

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?