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Encourage Your Students to InventIn honor of Kid Inventors' Day, we're highlighting resources to engage your students in the process of inventing. Find an appropriate activity or challenge for your students. Grades 4-12Smithsonian Learning LabEncourage creativity and discovery in your students with these resources from the Smithsonian Museum, the National Zoo, and nine major research centers. Don't miss the distance learning resources, including a variety of ideas for all grade levels. Grades 4-12Technovation Families: Curiosity MachineConnect your students with scientists and engineers to help create projects together. Discover design challenges you can build on your own, including categories such as aerospace, robotics, and engineering. View the videos for even more ideas. Grades K-6Do Try This at Home: Invention at PlayEngage students in these opportunities for play that develop visual thinking, problem solving, exploration, and collaboration. Have students create doodles, invent toys, or redesign a current invention to help develop their creative thinking. Read All About Inventors & InventionsLearn more about inventions by reading or listening to the books shared in this section. Find the perfect book to share with your students at any grade level. Grades K-12CurriConnects Book List: Inventors and InventionsEnjoy these books about inventions and inventors throughout history, including both popular and lesser-known figures. All books are divided by level, from preschool to adult. Grades K-4Reading Treks: My Brothers' Flying Machine, Wilbur, Orville, and MeReading Treks create a virtual field trip of resources about a story or text using the My Maps feature of Google Maps. Use this Reading Trek (with maps and activities) to teach your young students about the invention and history of flight. Grades 1-5Ada Lace, Take Me to Your LeaderEmbark on an incredible literature adventure with astronaut Anne McClain as she reads a book on video. "Ada Lace" is a story about a third-grader and "inventor extraordinaire" who invents a ham radio to contact people. Introduce Your Students to InventorsUse these resources to bring inventors into your class and help your students engage with and understand famous inventors of the past. Grades K-12TeachersFirst's Inventors and Inventions ResourcesPeruse this curated special topics collection of resources about inventors and inventions. Each of the resources includes lesson ideas for science, social studies, and other subjects, plus activities about innovation, inventions, and inventors. Grades 6-12Da Vinci - The GeniusExplore an inventor's workshop through the eyes of artist/inventor Leonardo da Vinci. Discover elements of machines, gadget anatomy, linear perspective, and the golden ratio. View lesson plans where students sketch and build their own inventions. Grades 3-8Thomas Edison's Inventive LifeLearn about Thomas Edison and the impact of his inventions. Go beyond the light bulb and the phonograph, and teach your students about the full repertoire of Edison's inventions, telling the story of how one man became a national invention hero. This Week at TeachersFirstRegister now to save your spot in our first Winter OK2Ask® session this Tuesday and be sure to join us on Twitter this Thursday for our bi-monthly Twitter chat. We're also highlighting a blog post about Kid Inventors' Day and we kindly ask for your input in our weekly poll.
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