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Inventors. Activity. Force for change Read 7,10 and 11 - Draw a table:. Transportation Booklet. Groups of 3 Choose 3 inventions from your page Record the following: What is it? Who invented it? What it does? Picture of it Present findings to the class
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Activity • Force for change • Read 7,10 and 11 • - Draw a table:
Transportation Booklet • Groups of 3 • Choose 3 inventions from your page • Record the following: • What is it? • Who invented it? • What it does? • Picture of it Present findings to the class (select one invention each and report to class)
Recap: • Name some New Zealanders and their inventions. • Name some transportation inventions.
New Zealand Inventors • Henry Wigley- Aircraft Skis • Robert Dickie- Stamp vending machine • Bill Hamilton- Jet Boat • Peter Witehira- Car battery that never goes flat
Transportation Inventions • Airplane – Wright Brothers • Bicycle- Comte Mede de Sivrac • Caravel (sailing ship) • Car- Henry Ford • Hot-air balloon-Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier • Motorcycle • Parachute • Scooter
SKILL: TIMELINES • A History of Transportation Technology • How to construct a timeline…
Steps: • Decide on time interval dates (needs to be an even scale) • Decide on a scale (10cm=10 years) • Draw a line down middle of page from the first date to the last (1990-2012) • Mark and label each time interval down the scale (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015) • Draw arrows to the exact date of the invention on the line and write the information beside them • Choose an appropriate title with dates • Use a ruler
Put these inventions into a timeline • 1936- Helicopter invented • 1867- First motorcycle invented • 1913- Model T. Ford produced • 1804- First train trip • 1765- Steam engine developed • 1903- Wright brothers flight • 1790- Bicycle invented • 1782- First hot air balloon flight