Inventors in the 1800's

• Introduction
• Learners
• Standards
• Process
• Resources


• Student Page

by Alyssa Gorman, Le Moyne College

This Webquest was designed as an extending project on inventors for fourth grade. The students will be using online encyclopedia to research an assigned inventor, what that inventor invented, and how that invention changed our world. The students would then create an oral poster presentation to present to their classmates in small groups.

Teacher Introduction

Inventors in the 1800's

 

This Webquest was designed to teach students about the different types of inventions that were established in the 1800's. In this Webquest students will work individually to explore a different inventor so that they can learn more about their inventor and what their inventor invented. Next, the students will use an internet encyclopedia to research information about their inventor. Finally, they will create a poster based on their research so that they can present it in small groups to their classmates.