Curriculum Materials

Lesson Plans

Teaching with Historic Places - The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison's Laboratories

Objectives for the Students

• To describe how Edison created the first modern research and development laboratory complex and explain its function.
• To explain how Edison used his new complex to develop products and create industries that still affect our lives today.
• To describe the process of invention from having experienced it through a simulation activity.
• To investigate how technological and industrial developments have affected the students' own community.

Classroom Activities

The Invention Process - From Idea to Product

An Edison Timeline