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Questions and Inventions

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Inventors - NEW LOOK

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Objectives

History

  • Understand what an invention is and how/why people create inventions.
  • Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

Enquiry question
How do ideas turn into inventions?

Outcomes
Children will:

  • Match ‘inventor questions’ to actual inventions.
  • Create an inventors/ inventions timeline.
  • Explore the personality traits of successful inventors.

You Will Need

Scissors
String
Pegs

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