Inventions - Scavenger Hunts – Teachers Guide.docVIP

Inventions - Scavenger Hunts Teachers Guide Overview The students will scan an Internet site to answer questions about inventors and inventions. Students can access all the Internet sites for the Interactive Activities by clicking on Students Area in the ECB On-line homepage, then click on: Interactive Activity links - The links to the Internet sites are listed under the names of the activities.- or - Elementary, Junior High, High School. Choose their coursebook. Level Foundation and Intermediate (Grades 6-9) Group Size Pairs Time One 45-minute lesson Students Prior Knowledge The students can ... ... navigate an Internet site. ... scan for specific information Objectives The students will be able to ... ... understand significant details of a text. ... extract information from visual data. ... locate relevant information for a specific purpose. Procedure The following activity pages ask students to skim and scan an Internet site in order to answer questions about inventions. If you do not have Internet access, you may print the pages from the Internet for the students to work on in class. Activity 1 - Kids Invent Too - In this activity students are asked to match parts of sentences about children whose ideas became modern inventions. Website - Children of Invention Activity 2 - It Happened by Mistake - In this activity students are asked to guess which everyday invention is being described. Website - Inventions: Food Activity 3 - What Was Invented First - In this activity students are asked to decide which invention was invented first. Website: Timeline of Everyday Inventions Activity 4 - Invention or Discovery - In this activity students are asked to decide if the product was an invention or a discovery. Website - Invention or Discovery Presentation Ask the students to make up their own scavenger hunt.  Inventions: Kids Invent Too - Activity 1 To find the Internet site you need to complete this activity Go to: ECB Online: www.ecb.co.il Click on Stude