Thomas Edison Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterFebruary 11, 2008


History

Thomas Edison was born on this day in 1847. Read more about him here: http://www.classbrain.com/cb_holidays/02february/thomasedison.htm

Writing Prompt
Did you know that Thomas Edison was the creator of 1,093 inventions? See some of them here: http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2008/02/just-some-of-thomas-edisons-1093.html

One of his inventions was the light bulb. Write a story about what life would be like without a light bulb.

Vocabulary

Help Thomas Edison “turn the light on” by writing a sentence for each of these words:
1. electricity
2. inventor
3. light bulb


Math

Solve all of these problems to break the Thomas Edison code: http://www.softschools.com/biographies/words/worksheets/math_puzzle357.html
(Choose type of problems, then click generate)

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!

http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2008/02/homeschool-math-challenge-february-11.html

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