Week 3: Inventor Timelines

This week in gifted class the focus was on doing research using the internet. Last week we discussed using good keywords in our searches and this week students got to use those skills. They looked up information on famous inventors; when were they born, what they invented, interesting facts about their lives.  The older students entered their information into a form like this one.  That information was then put into JS Timeline and the timelines at the end of this post were created (they may take a few moments to load).  The main focus was on learning about a variety of famous inventors and using their internet research skills.  The timelines provide a nice overview of who the students researched, but the focus was on the exploration not on creating a final polished work.

This week we also played one of the following games (depending on the class):

• Concentration -- a good game to keep you sharp!
• What are you doing? -- a drama game that encourages students to be creative and to present in front of their peers

Timelines -- Below are the Inventor Timelines which were described at the beginning of the post.  They will take a few moments to load.  Once they are up hover your mouse on the right side of the image and an arrow should become visible.  Click on it to move to the next inventor on our timeline.  The Wednesday afternoon class did not do this part of the activity.

Tuesday Morning Class



Tuesday Afternoon Class



Thursday Morning Class



Thursday Afternoon Class