Inventions and Innovations Are these two words defined the same
or differently? 2012, TESCC Grade 6 Unit 7, Lesson 3
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Analyzing a Primary Source 2012, TESCC
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They are weaving silk. Where does silk come from? Is it
expensive? Why? 2012, TESCC
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What is the difference? InventionInnovation 2012, TESCC
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What is the difference? Phone Wireless cell phone iPhoneiPhone
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What is the difference? InventionInnovation 2012, TESCC
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This map shows the Silk Road (Trade Routes) 2012, TESCC
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Learning Station 1 Abacus: China (around 1000 AD) A
mathematical device used for counting. The rods above are worth 5
units and the rods below are worth 1 unit. 2012, TESCC
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Learning Station 2 Magnetic Compass On or about 300 BC (China)
Originally its purpose was not for navigation. Chinese
philosophical traditions required knowledge of the directions
(north-south) to live a life of harmony. By about the 700s AD,
Chinese scientists had improved the compass by making it smaller
and with pointed needles. These were used for navigation at sea.
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Learning Station 3 Paper The Egyptians first invented papyrus
about 5000 years ago. The word paper comes from the word papyrus.
Papyrus is made from the flattened reed of the papyrus plant. It is
not real paper, which is derived from wood pulp. Other cultures
around the same time period used wet clay tablets to record
information by using a carving instrument called a stylus. Chinese
inventors about 100 AD made paper using bark from the mulberry tree
and bamboo fibers. These were pounded and mixed with water to make
paper. 2012, TESCC
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Learning Station 4 Printing with carved wooden blocks. Before,
when people wanted to make copies of a letter or a book, they had
to rewrite it by hand. It could take years to make a copy of one
book. By about 500 AD, the Chinese had invented a wooden block
printing press and by about 700 AD the first newspapers were
printed and available in Beijing Why did the written languages of
China make printing complicated? How has printing and making copies
improved now? 2012, TESCC
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Learning Station 5 Paper Money The Chinese invented paper money
at about 800 AD. In the 1200s people in Southwest Asia began to use
paper money and by the 1400s banks in Europe (Italy) began to use
paper money as a rate of exchange. Why use paper money over coins?
What is required of a culture to use paper money? 2012, TESCC
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Learning Station 6 Gunpowder By about 1000 AD, the Chinese had
invented gunpowder. It was originally used as a medicine, though
caused accidents and was termed fire medicine Chinese innovators
applied it to weapons, first as an explosive, then in projectile
weapons in the late 1200s Gunpowder was also used as fireworks
displays. 2012, TESCC
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Learning Station 7 The first collapsible umbrella was invented
in China. It was first invented to protect from the sun and were
often attached to carriages. Most umbrellas were made out of paper.
It was not until about 1270 AD that Chinese innovators improved the
umbrella to protect from the sun and the rain. 2012, TESCC