Invention or discovery that has changed people's lives

Introduction

There are many inventions and discoveries throughout the centuries that have played a very important role in our live. Such as the telephone, the light bulb and others. 

The smallest invention that we use everyday might be forgotten because of how small the thing is, but had it not been invented how different our live might have been. 

Task

With your partner, choose a daily item or gadget that you frequently use in your live then make a presentation about it.

The presentation can be in a form of power point or printed pictures, but it must content the following :

  • Why do people use it ?

  • Who made it ?

  • Where can people use it ?

  • Why was it invented ?

  • Why is it a  good invention ?

  • Why was it first sold ?

Process

Do the research on line, can be through google, youtube, or this website:

http://www.madehow.com. You can go to it, type the item you are searching for then you will see the information.

Evaluation

Every meeting each pair must report their progress until the 6th meeting of the unit. On the 7th meeting each pair must do their presentation.

Rubric: 

Criteria 1 ( 30 points ) 2 ( 60 points ) 3 ( 100 pints )
Presentation Presentation is not clear and not organized. Presentation is not Clear and Oraganized. Presentation is very clear and well orgaized.
Content Lack of Information. Information is somewhat complete. Information is complete.
Research Research is incomplete. Research is somewhat complete. Research is complete.

Conclusion

On this webquest, you learned how a certain gadget works and hopefully this assignment gave you more knowledge on such gadget.