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Inventions and Discoveries Lesson Plans

Grades: 3 - 5

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Eureka! 21 Stories of Momentous Discoveries and Inventions – with exercises for developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills, by Henry and Melissa Stone Billings New!
Theme: Using Graphic Organizers to Enhance Comprehension, Critical Thinking Skills and Listening Skills
Duration: 2 class periods

Subject: Science

Title: Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe New!
Theme: Genetics
Duration: Two class sessions

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Inventors and Inventions in Colonial America by Charlie Samuel New!
Theme: Colonial America
Duration: Two class periods

Grades: 6 - 8

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Alfred Nobel and the Story of the Nobel Prize by John Bankston New!
Theme: Responding to Literature
Duration: 2 class periods (excluding time to read the novel)
Title: Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium by Carla Killough McClafferty
Theme: Women’s History
Duration: One class session

Subject: Science

Title: Appreciating the Life of Isaac Newton and His Contribution to the World of Science in Isaac Newton: The Scientist Who Changed Everything by Phillip Steele New!
Theme: Contributions of Isaac Newton, the Life of Isaac Newton
Duration: 1–2 class periods
Title: Frederick Banting and the Discovery of Insulin by John Bankston New!
Theme: Scientific Method, Scientific Discoveries
Duration: 2 classes(excluding time to read the novel)
Title: Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium by Carla Killough McClafferty
Theme: Women’s History
Duration: One class session