Inventors - PowerPoint Lesson Plan

Assignment: 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 / Google Slides / Keynote presentation using their information and images.

Download: inventors-powerpoint-instructions.docx

Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.A

Download: rubric-for-slide-presentations.pdf

Slide 1 - 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.

Slide 2 - 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.

Slide 3 - 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.

Slide 3 - 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.

Student Instructions