1. Inventors & Inventions next

2. Introduction Objectives: At the end of the lesson, you will be able to –name some inventors –describe some of the inventions in their own words –explain how the inventions affect your lives Target group: Primary 5 / EM1 or EM2 Duration/Mode: 30 minutes/student-centred Instructions: Click at the labels on top to move from one section to another When you see this sign, write down your answers on the worksheet When you see this sign, discuss with your partners next

3. Main Menu Click on the buttons explore each section Section A Section B Section C Activity Web links Importance of inventions Effects of inventions on our lives Can we make money with our inventions? Activity and instruction sheet Visit these sites for your resources

4. Section A Section BSection C Activity Web links template designed by mr arene koh copyright © 2000 Section A nextprevious Importance of inventions We are living in a technological world and are surrounded by much technical equipment. If you look around you, you can see computers, refrigerators, air- conditioners, television,cars, wireless telephones and many other things. These things are important to us as they help to improve the quality of life.

5. Section A Section BSection C Activity Web links template designed by mr arene koh copyright © 2000 Section A nextprevious Look at this picture. Can you name some of the equipment that has helped us in our lives? What are these?( discuss with your partner and write down as many as possible ) Why do we need these things? Importance of inventions End of Section A

6. Section A Section BSection C Activity Web links template designed by mr arene koh copyright © 2000 Section B ? Click here for the answer previous Effects of inventions on our lives Mr Lee Kuan Yew (Senior Minister) was once asked what he thought was the most important invention that has affected his life. His answer was: (discuss)

7. Section A Section BSection C Activity Web links template designed by mr arene koh copyright © 2000 Section B nextprevious Effects of inventions on our lives His answer was the air-conditioner. Why? Discuss with your partner why you think he said air-conditioner was important to his life. End of Section B

8. Section A Section BSection C Activity Web links template designed by mr arene koh copyright © 2000 Section C nextprevious Can we make money with our inventions? Many places in your school are air-conditioned. Places such as the computer laboratories, music room, general office, teachers’ room and possibly your AVA room. Your bedroom at home may be air-conditioned.

9. Section A Section BSection C Activity Web links template designed by mr arene koh copyright © 2000 Section C nextprevious Do you know how many air-conditioners there are in Singapore homes? Drawing from the “Facts and Figures of Singapore”, 53% of households have air- conditioners in their home! http://www.singstat.gov.sg/FACT/SIF/sif19.html http://www.singstat.gov.sg/FACT/SIF/sif19.html If there are 700,000 HDB flats, approximately how many air-conditioners are there? Can we make money with our inventions? http://www.hdb.gov.sg

10. Section A Section BSection C Activity Web links template designed by mr arene koh copyright © 2000 Section C previous Can we make money with our inventions? If each air-conditioner costs $2,000, how much will all the air-conditioners cost? Isn’t this a huge amount of money? End of Section C

11. Activity click to exit program The purpose of this activity is for you to: find out more about various inventions (you can choose any inventions). find out more about various inventions (you can choose any inventions). find out who the inventor was (e.g who was the inventor of air-conditioner?) find out who the inventor was (e.g who was the inventor of air-conditioner?) find out how the invention works and explain it in your own words. find out how the invention works and explain it in your own words. next click to exit program click to get Activity Sheet describe how the invention affects your life describe how the invention affects your life complete the table with your partner(s) complete the table with your partner(s)

12. Web sites click to exit program Click at the links below to connect to the Internet: next http://www.howstuffworks.com/ This site explains how things work. Very nice and easy to understand. http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventarchive.html This site allows you to search for various inventions and their inventors. previous

13. Click anywhere on the screen to continue Have fun with the activity!

14. Credits Created by: insert name(s) here Indicate references, sources of images, sounds, video clips, etc. Acknowledgements: –All navigational images are the property of the National Institute of Education. click to exit program