Unit+3+Inventors+and+Artists

=Key Question: = What do people gain from the work of inventors and artists? = = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * How do inventors inspire our imaginations?
 * How do artists inspire future generations?
 * How can paleontologists help us understand the past?
 * How does an artist use music to inspire others?
 * How do artists create special effects to entertain us?

= Web Resources: = [|Websites on Inventors and Inventions] [|Websites on art history and famous artists] [|Dinosaur information]

= = =[|Reading A-Z:] = =[|Discovery Streaming] = =IS Resources: = = Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Chapter Books/Scott Foresman Tradebooks:
__Magic Windows__ by Carmen Lomas Garza __What Are You Figuring Now?__ by Jeri Ferris __Lives of the Musicians__ by Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt

=Library Media Kits: = = Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project: = Inventors and Artists - Each student explores the life and contributions of an artist or inventor. As a class, students construct a display that includes information about the people they researched. (Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.

[|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]