Georgia Science Grade 8Unit 7:
Electricity and MagnetismBen Franklin BookmarkIntroduction: Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father of the United States who pursued many other interests, such as publishing and scientific experimentation. Task: Create a custom bookmark that highlights Ben Franklin's scientific achievements. Visit these sites to find information to include. You may wish to make duplicates to share with classmates. Time: 1 class period for reading and creating bookmarks Possible Resources: Benjamin Franklin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin http://fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/scipol.html Use the timeline to review Franklin 's series of experiments with electricity http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/ Blank Templates http://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/qa/bookmark.templates.html http://www.mcgpaper.com/templates.html Images http://images.google.com/images?q=Benjamin+Franklin http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&lr=&q=ben+franklin+kite&btnG=Search+Images |