teaching resource

Amazing Inventors Teaching Slide Deck

Updated: 21 Sep 2023

Meet some of the most innovative and world-changing inventors with an instructional slide deck.

Editable: PowerPoint, Google Slides
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 6

Curriculum

VC2S4H02

Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions
VC2S6H02

Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people's lives
VC2S4H01

Data from observations obtained through scientific inquiry can be used to develop explanations of natural phenomena <ul> <li>exploring how farmers use soil tests to determine whether their crops are growing in ideal conditions</li> <li>investigating how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples used observations about the conduction of heat to determine the best materials to be used as conductors and insulators in ground ovens, for example the Torres Strait Islander Kup Murri earth oven used in traditional feasting ceremonies</li> <li>recognising how food scientists use thermometers to monitor and manage the condition of food stored in refrigerators and freezers</li> <li>investigating how ecologists use food chain data to develop explanations for decline in numbers of native plants and animals such as the Richmond birdwing butterfly, and to develop strategies to increase their numbers</li> <li>exploring how hydrologists use rainfall and water-use data to explain the amount of water flowing in rivers and why this changes over time</li> </ul>
VC2S6H01

Scientific knowledge changes over time, often resulting from collaboration or by building on the work of others, and leads to advances in science <ul> <li>researching how the discovery of a biofluorescent flying squirrel led to discoveries of more fluorescent mammals, such as wombats, bilbies, echidnas and bandicoots, as scientists collaborated with other scientists across fields of science and internationally</li> <li>researching why European naturalists and scientists first thought the platypus was a fake animal, and how scientists such as those in the Australian Platypus Conservancy are collaborating in ongoing research to understand the features and behaviours of platypuses</li> <li>exploring why developing new erosion mitigation techniques such as contour banks and strip-cropping requires the collaboration of geologists, hydrologists and farmers</li> <li>researching how contemporary restorative ecology adapts and builds on the traditional ecological knowledges of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples</li> <li>researching how scientists, manufacturers and farmers collaborated to use compressed gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the development of fire extinguishers, planting crops and paintball</li> <li>examining why ecologists collaborate with engineers and computer scientists to develop remote sensing techniques, identify patterns in habitat change and make predictions about the survival of organisms</li> <li>constructing a timeline to show how contributions and collaborations of scientists, mathematicians, engineers and astronomers from many countries have advanced ideas about space and the solar system through development of models, gathering of evidence and, more recently, space exploration</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Amazing Inventors Teaching Slide Deck

Updated: 21 Sep 2023

Meet some of the most innovative and world-changing inventors with an instructional slide deck.

Editable: PowerPoint, Google Slides
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 6

Meet some of the most innovative and world-changing inventors with an instructional slide deck.

Introduce Your Students to Famous Inventors and Scientists From Around the World

We often take for granted the luxuries we have in our everyday lives: electricity, machinery, and even peanut butter. We have these things thanks to some incredible inventors of the past. Some of the things we use regularly, some even daily, were brought to us by some amazing inventors from around the world.

A Combination of Australian Inventors and American Innovators

Introduce your students to 5 influential scientists and inventors who changed history with their ingenious ideas. Discover the men who created the airplane, the first man to walk on the moon, the creator of the pacemaker, and more!

This teaching slide deck will help you teach your students about this these amazing innovators in an engaging, exciting way that will make them want to learn more.

The deck includes animated slides, each with embedded checks for understanding and response opportunities. The slides highlight the following historical figures

The Wright Brothers
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
James Harrison
Mark Lidwill
Dr David Warren

The Perfect National Science Week Activity

Use the Download button to download the Google Slides presentation. Project the slide in Presentation mode and start teaching! It’s that easy!

We’ve also created an additional graphic organiser for your students to use during instruction. Make sure you grab it while you’re here!

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Amazing Innovators Note-Taking Organiser

Record and remember key facts and details about famous inventors with a printable graphic organiser.

Curriculum

VC2S4H02

Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions
VC2S6H02

Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people's lives
VC2S4H01

Data from observations obtained through scientific inquiry can be used to develop explanations of natural phenomena <ul> <li>exploring how farmers use soil tests to determine whether their crops are growing in ideal conditions</li> <li>investigating how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples used observations about the conduction of heat to determine the best materials to be used as conductors and insulators in ground ovens, for example the Torres Strait Islander Kup Murri earth oven used in traditional feasting ceremonies</li> <li>recognising how food scientists use thermometers to monitor and manage the condition of food stored in refrigerators and freezers</li> <li>investigating how ecologists use food chain data to develop explanations for decline in numbers of native plants and animals such as the Richmond birdwing butterfly, and to develop strategies to increase their numbers</li> <li>exploring how hydrologists use rainfall and water-use data to explain the amount of water flowing in rivers and why this changes over time</li> </ul>
VC2S6H01

Scientific knowledge changes over time, often resulting from collaboration or by building on the work of others, and leads to advances in science <ul> <li>researching how the discovery of a biofluorescent flying squirrel led to discoveries of more fluorescent mammals, such as wombats, bilbies, echidnas and bandicoots, as scientists collaborated with other scientists across fields of science and internationally</li> <li>researching why European naturalists and scientists first thought the platypus was a fake animal, and how scientists such as those in the Australian Platypus Conservancy are collaborating in ongoing research to understand the features and behaviours of platypuses</li> <li>exploring why developing new erosion mitigation techniques such as contour banks and strip-cropping requires the collaboration of geologists, hydrologists and farmers</li> <li>researching how contemporary restorative ecology adapts and builds on the traditional ecological knowledges of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples</li> <li>researching how scientists, manufacturers and farmers collaborated to use compressed gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the development of fire extinguishers, planting crops and paintball</li> <li>examining why ecologists collaborate with engineers and computer scientists to develop remote sensing techniques, identify patterns in habitat change and make predictions about the survival of organisms</li> <li>constructing a timeline to show how contributions and collaborations of scientists, mathematicians, engineers and astronomers from many countries have advanced ideas about space and the solar system through development of models, gathering of evidence and, more recently, space exploration</li> </ul>

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