Inventions Webquest

http://industrial-revolution-inventions.wikispaces.com/Worksheet

Current Events Period 7

Monday 5/20
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1304/130430-menus.html

Tuesday 5/21

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1302/130225-speaking_english.html

Inventors/Inventions Webquest

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/pptgames/pptsHOME/webquest/inventions/Inventions.htm

Inventors to choose from:

CHoose TWO from SECTION A:

 

Effective advertising includes:
1. What is it?
2. Who made it?
3. Description of it.
4. How does it work?
5. What are its benefits?
Your objective is to convince the public to buy your chosen invention through the creation of an advertising poster that includes all of the criteria outlined in the rubric provided.
You can use the graphic organizer in the folder below to help you gather the information you need for your final presentation.

SECTION A:
 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: GENERAL INFORMATIONIndustrial Revolution Inventors: http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blchartindrev.htm
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution: http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/a/indrevoverview_2.htm
Inventors of Industrial Revolution Quiz Game: http://www.teachersfirst.com/quiz/invent-quiz.htm

ERIE CANAL1. http://www.nyscanals.gov/cculture/history/
2. http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/building/topic1.html
3. http://www.eriecanal.org/
4. http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=ErieCana

STEAM ENGINE1. http://campus.udayton.edu/~hume/Steam/steam.htm
2. http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=steameng
3. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/watt.htm
4. http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/jameswatt.html
5. http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventors/a/JamesWatt.htm
6. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bachman&book=inventors&story=watt&PHPSESSID=76be7d270c3417aad2b3fc9087f7cba6
7. http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/steamo.htm
8. http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/info.htm

STAGECOACH

1. http://www.wellsfargohistory.com/stagecoach/stagecoach_history.htm
2. http://genealogytrails.com/main/stagecoaches.html
3. https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/history/stagecoach/
4. https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/history/stagecoach/concord

PLOW1. http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/plow.htm
2. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldeere.htm
3. http://brenda-inventions.blogspot.com/2008/08/who-invented-plow.html

REAPER1. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmccormick.htm
2. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/reaper.htm
3. http://www.lib.niu.edu/1992/ihy921205.html
4. http://www.vaes.vt.edu/steeles/mccormick/harvest.html
5. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bachman&book=inventors&story=mccormick

INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS1. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/10540-living-history-the-impact-of-interchangeable-parts-video.htm 2. http://www.ryerson.ca/~dgrimsha/courses/cps841/Interchangeable.html

COTTON GIN1. http://www.essortment.com/all/cottongin_rciv.htm
2. http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/cotton_gin.htm 3. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/cottongin.htm
4. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bachman&book=inventors&story=whitney
5. http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/whitney.htm
6. http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/info.htm

YARN SPINNING MACHINE1. http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Spinning-Wheel.html
2. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bachman&book=inventors&story=spinning

SECTION B CHOOSE ONE:

 

• Robert Adler, (1913–2007), Austria/United States — wireless remote control
• Edwin H. Armstrong,(1890–1954), U.S. — FM radio
• John Vincent Atanasoff, (1903–1995), United States — modern programmable computer
• Charles Babbage, (1791–1871), UK — analytical engine (semi-automatic computer)
• Ralph H. Baer, (1922–), German born American — video game console
• Alexander Graham Bell, (1847–1922), Canada, Scotland, and U.S. — telephone
• Karl Benz, (1844–1929), Germany — the petrol-powered automobile
• Tim Berners-Lee, (1955–), UK — with Robert Cailliau, the World Wide Web
• Clarence Birdseye, (1886–1956), U.S. — frozen food process
• Nils Bohlin, (1920–2002), Sweden — the three-point seat belt
• Louis Braille, (1809–1852), France — the Braille writing system
• Sergey Brin, (1973–), Russia/U.S. — with Larry Page invented Google web search engine
• Robert Cailliau, (1947–), Belgium — with Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web
• George Washington Carver
• Henri Coandă, (1886–1972), Romania — Jet engine
• Lloyd Groff Copeman, (1865–1956), U.S. — Electric stove
• Jacques Cousteau, (1910–1997), France — co-inventor of the aqualung and the Nikonos underwater camera
• Rudolf Diesel, (1858–1913), Germany — Diesel engine
• George Eastman, (1854–1932), U.S. — roll film
• Thomas Edison, (1847–1931), U.S. — phonograph, commercially practical light bulb, stock ticker, ticker-tape machine etc.
• Philo Farnsworth, (1906–1971), U.S. — electronic television
• Henry Ford - automobile
• Benjamin Franklin, (1706–1790), U.S. — the pointed lightning rod conductor, bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, the glass harmonica
• Johann Gutenberg, (c. 1390s–1468), Germany — movable type printing press

Charles Francis Jenkins, (1867-1934) - television and movie projector (Phantoscope)

• Steve Jobs – personal computer
• Dean Kamen, (1951–), U.S. — Invented the Segway HT scooter and the IBOT Mobility Device
• Fazlur Khan, (1929–1982), Bangladesh — structural systems for high-rise skyscrapers
• Lewis Latimer, (1848–1928), — Invented the modern day light bulb
• Guglielmo Marconi, (1874–1937), Italy — radio telegraphy

 

 

The Process (Continued) CMS Media Center Reference Sources CMS Media Center Catalog World Book Online (User name – CMS350   Password - Cardinal ) NetTrekker (User name – CLM350    Password – CLM350) NC Wise Owl (Password – Wiseowl) Brain Pop (User name – Swanderson   Password – wsfcs)

Biography (Videos and pictures) Search tip: enter inventor’s name   http://inventors.about.com (Search by invention or inventor’s name)   Inventors Hall of Fame (Search by invention or inventor’s name)   http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html (Pictures) Search tip: enter science & exploration   Library of Congress (Search tip: inventors and only select U.S. Historical, Cultural Collections and Prints & Photographs Online catalog OR search by topic)   Fact Monster (Search by race, ethnicity or field of study)   Smithsonian (Brief info and limited biographies)   MIT (Search by invention or inventor with brief info and sketches of inventors)   http://www.inventions.org/culture/index.html (Minority inventor biographies)   PBS (Search by inventor’s name or “inventor”)

NYSESLAT TEST PREP

NYSESLAT Test Prep Webquest

 

LISTENING PRACTICE

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/listening.htm

http://www.eslfast.com/

2.) Complete the Present Continuous Quiz from this link. Record your score.
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm

Present Perfect:
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect_quiz.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentperfect1.htm

3.) Complete the Sentence Quiz here. Record your score.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/gr8/0801/03.html?qseq=3,1,8,0,9,2,5,4,7,6&at=0&curq=0&score=0


4. and 5) Pick two quizzes of your choice from here:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/

Record the scores on your score sheet.

6.) Watch this grammar video.
http://www.grammarbook.com/video/this_that_these_those.asp

Write down the rules for This/That/These/Those.

NYSESLAT Test Prep Webquest

Gul/Cherine/Andriy/June

1.) Complete at least 2 DIFFICULT listening activities from this site:

http://www.esl-lab.com/

2.) Complete the Run-On Sentence Quiz from this link. Record your score.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/run-ons_add2.htm


3.) Complete the Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz here. Record your score.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add2.htm


4. and 5) Pick two quizzes of your choice from here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

Record the scores on your score sheet.

6.) Watch this grammar video.
http://www.grammarbook.com/video/this_that_these_those.asp

Write down the rules for This/That/These/Those.





http://www.esl-lab.com/

1.) Complete at least 2 EASY/MEDIUM listening activities from this site:
http://www.esl-lab.com/


2.) Complete the noun quiz here. Record your score.
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=2&Topic=Nouns


3.) Complete the sentence quiz. Record your score.
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=1&Topic=The+Sentence&x=41&y=12


4. and 5) Pick two quizzes of your choice from here:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/

6.)Watch this grammar video.

http://www.grammarbook.com/video/here_and_there.asp

Write down the rules for here and there.

Moon Phases Worksheet

http://www.manti.com/eabishop/docs/quiz2.pdf