*THOMAS ALVA EDISON_DAY 1*

• ENGLISH
• Primary Education

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"Thomas Alva Edison "

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor.

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SHOW AND TELL 

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

*Read, short simple texts by understanding familiar names, words and basic phrases

*Read and comprehend the text to answer the questions pertaining to it.

*Identify basic facts about inventions made by Thomas Alva Edison

THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Though he is best known for his invention of the phonograph and incandescent electric light, Edison took out 1,093 patents in a variety of fields, including electric light and power, telephony and telegraphy, and sound recording.

WARM UP 

BIG QUESTION

Q. What was the contribution of Thomas Alva Edison to the world?

LET'S DISCUSS

VALUES LEARNT FROM THE GREAT SCIENTIST & INVENTOR'S LIFE

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

Q1-Why did Edison want to invent the electric bulb?

1. He was sure that his electric bulb would replace candles, oil lamps and gas lights in homes and streets.
2. He wanted to give to the people a cheap, safe and efficient method of lighting.
3. Edison was trying to come up with a high resistance system that would require far less electrical power than was used for the arc lamps.
4. All of these.

Q2-Where did he install his electric lighting system?

1. Over an area of one square mile in Menlo Park, New York.
2. Over an area of one square mile in New Jersey.

Q3-Which firms opposed Edison’s project?

1. The house owners
2. The factory owners
3. The gas firms
4. The electric firms

Q4-How many buildings were included in the first test of electricity bulbs?

1. wired 920 buildings
2. wired 900 buildings
3. wired 810 buildings

Q5-Which statement of Edison implies he was ready for challenges?

1. I felt the sense of a great responsibility, for unknown things.
2. Failure will bring you down.
3. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
4. Working is tough and tiring at times.

Q6- Edison was an inventor or a scientist? Give reasons to support your answer.

Drag and Drop Activity

INSTALL

DYNAMO

CONVINCE

SATISFACTORY

HISTORIC

TO MAKE SOMEONE BELIEVE

Fulfilling expectations 

famous or important in history

Electrical equipment

To set up

Closure- Quizlet

Match my mate activity on vocabulary words (Synonyms)

https://quizlet.com/_8nn58n?x=1jqt&i=24csx1 

NOW I CAN
*Read, short simple texts by understanding familiar names, words and basic phrases
*Read and comprehend the text to answer the questions pertaining to it.
*Identify basic facts about inventions made by Thomas Alva Edison

1. Strongly Agree
2. Agree
3. Need help
4. Not sure

HOME FUN

ATTEMPT IN NOTEBOOK

INDEX NO. 2.2

HEADING: THOMAS ALVA EDISON-VBQ

Q1 “There is nothing that we can buy or that anybody else can make for us. We must build everything with our own hands.”

 What values do you learn from this statement by Edison? 

ATTEMPT - SOMETHING TO DO ACTIVITY ON PAGE 66 OF YOUR MCB

REVISE THE NEW WORDS OF THE LESSON

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