Teach your students about technologies that changed the world. What made them so successful? How did some become completely superseded or obsolete? And what will replace them in the future based upon what we know about history and the wants and needs of our society? This collection of 20 beautiful past and present technology cards are accompanied with 4 easy to follow activities and lesson plans to get your students thinking like a STEM designer, entrepreneur and innovator.

Can you make the ultimate paper helicopter? Do you understand the principles of flight and gravity? How will you design, enhance, “tinker” and most importantly record your data and evidence of your findings? All these essential questions will be answered through these excellent HANDS ON STEM activities. Everything is here for you NO PREP REQUIRED The only materials required are paper, paper clips and scissors. This project can be distributed individually via Google Classroom, OneNote or a similar platform or you can teach it to the entire class. All content and materials are easy to follow and fully prepared. Become an engineer today and have some great fun learning about the basic principles of flight and gravity.

What are the IDEAS, INVENTIONS and INNOVATIONS that shaped our world? How did they come to be? Who made them? How have they changed? And how did they revolutionize our lives? This project examines the history of TIME KEEPING since the dawn of time itself, and the invention of THE CLOCK. A device that continues to reinvent itself for thousands of other purposes than just telling the time. This WEEK LONG Digital Interactive Project draws upon LITERACY, READING, WRITING, (ELA) SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS (STEM) THE ARTS AND HISTORY. in a highly engaing independent PROJECT BASED LEARNING task that has been purpose built to operate in a DIGITAL, BYOD or ONE TO ONE classroom. You can use platforms such as GOOGLE CLASSROOM, MICROSOFT OFFICE, ONENOTE and any other digital learning platform to distribute and manage this project. ABSOLUTELY NO PREP REQUIRED & EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY EDITABLE. Your students will have the opportunity to engage with a vast array of DIGITAL TOOLS and ONLINE RESOURCES to create a project which connects with wants and needs as 21st CENTURY THINKERS AND LEARNERS. THIS PROJECT HAS 10 ACTIVITIES INCLUDING - Digital Text Response Tasks - Digital Interactive Timelines - Digital Cause and Effect - Digital literacies and writing graphic organizers and templates - Interactive video response task - Podcast audio response tasks - A variety of interactive Writing planners and templates - Digital Biography Response Tasks - Digital Data representation and graphing task - A range of open ended English tasks - Digital Self assessment tools ** Plus much more PERFECT AS AN ENGLISH, LITERACY, STEM or HISTORY PROJECT This is a deep unit of work guaranteed to both inform and showcase your students understanding of some of the great innovations that changed our world. This is the type of resource which validates and proves the worth of all that technology in your classrooms. LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our EMAIL NEWSLETTER, and visit us on FACEBOOK to take part in our exclusive giveaways.

This poster highlights the 'Big Three' search engines for teachers and students and highlights the strengths and weaknesses for each one. Google Search Wolfram Alpha Wikipedia Your students will definitely find this a useful resource next time they reach for a computer to look something up as it gives them both purpose and direction on what to use and how best to use it, I would recommend also taking a look at our "How to use Google Search like a Boss" Which has been hugely popular in teaching students how actually use Google Search with purpose and direction.

When we were kids, a geek was the worst thing you could be. Tech-savvy youth are a bit more enlightened now, but you can encourage their love of innovation with this no prep, full week project. *************************************************************************** Want to train your students to imagine a better future and have the guts to pursue it? This inspirational, one-week project will encourage them to observe the world in greater detail, learn and use the vocabulary of progress, and appreciate the great things that the world’s thinkers and doers have provided them through technology. But this project doesn’t just focus on the present. Your learners will also have a chance to explore the potential of the future and begin to imagine how they can contribute to it. They will approach this task from four perspectives: 1. What does it mean to think BIG, and how can we do that? 2. What famous inventions changed our world in the past? 3. What current technology is revolutionizing our lives right now? 4. How could we use technology to enhance our future? We’ve included examples and instructions for each perspective, links to videos and multimedia, and an assessment rubric. The download contains a fully editable PowerPoint as well as a PDF version if you need a hard copy for handouts. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.