Lesson Plan - Think Big
Learning Objective
Students will learn how four creative kid inventors designed devices to help solve problems.
Text Structure
Problem/Solution
Content-Area Connections
Science and Technology
Standards Correlations
CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.10, L.3.4, SL.3.1, W.3.1, W.3.2
NGSS: Engineering Design
TEKS: Science 3.3
1. Preparing to Read
Activate Prior Knowledge
Have students name inventions they use every day and imagine why the inventors created them. Point out that inventions are often created as solutions to problems.
Preview Words to Know
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce the Words to Know.
Set a Purpose for Reading
As students read, have them identify the problem each invention was created to solve.
2. Close-Reading Questions
1. What gave Leanne Fan the idea for her invention? Leanne thought of making headphones that would fight ear infections because her mom suffers from painful ear infections.
(RI.3.3 CAUSE/EFFECT)
2. Which invention was created to help the planet, and how does it work? Madison Checketts’s invention, the Eco-Hero, was created to help the planet. The Eco-Hero is a water bottle that you can eat instead of throwing it away. This helps the planet by reducing the number of plastic bottles on beaches and in the ocean.
(RI.3.2 KEY DETAILS)
3. Choose an invention from the article and describe a challenge the creator(s) faced during the invention process. Sample response: When Liam Pope-Lau and Fraser Tuck tested the LifeHeat vest, the vest got too hot. They continued working on the invention to fix the problem.
(RI.3.8 PROBLEM/SOLUTION)
3. Skill Building
FEATURED SKILL: Informative Writing
Use the Skill Builder “Design an Invention” to have students plan an invention.
(W.3.2 INFORMATIVE WRITING)
