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Inventors - PowerPoint Lesson Plan

Students Create a PowerPoint about an Inventor and Their Inventions

Students research on the internet to find information about an inventor and their inventions. Students collect several image of the inventor and their inventions. Students create 4 slide PowerPoint Presentation using their information and images. This research and presentation activity integrates into the science curriculum.

Grade 3 - 4

Extension: Save the slides as images and use the images in a narrated video slideshow.

 

 

Slide 1 - Title Slide - Inventors and Inventions

Students add a title slide with the name of their chosen inventor. Students add one or more images representing the inventor and / or inventions. Students add two or more facts about who the inventor is, what they invented, and when they lived.

Thomas Edison

 

 

 

Slide 2 - One of the Important Inventions

Students add a title about one of their inventor's important inventions or discovery. Students add one or more related images of the invention. Students add two or more facts about the invention.

Thomas Edison

 

 

 

Slide 3 - A Second Important Invention

Students add a title about a second important invention. Students add one or more images related to the invention. Students add two or more facts about that invention.

Thomas Edison's Bulb

 

 

 

Slide 4 - Interesting Facts

Students add a title called "Interesting Facts". Students add one or more images of the inventor or their inventions. Students add two or more interesting facts.

Thomas Edison Interesting Facts

 

 

 

Inventors - PowerPoint Presentation

 

 

Download: inventors-powerpoint-handout.docx

 

inventors powerpoint handout