Desks John D. Loughlin invented the desk. He invented the desk to make students’ life easier. The way it made it easier was because they could have their own desk so they did not have to share one big desk along the wall. He also made the desk out of wood so it was not a really thick plastic that they wrote on. There are more than 50 different types of desks. The most common type of desk is the one where the desk and small writing table are attached. The desk is just one of the many inventions that made students life easier.
By: Liz Morman and Abby Shafer (Grade 4) McGuffey Reader There are many tools that were used in the past. One of the most important ones was the MCguffey Reader. William H. MCguffey was the inventor of the book. He was the born September 23, 1800. William was a professor at Miami University. The MCguffey Reader was the first school book. The MCguffey Reader consist of stories, poems, essays, and speeches. The MCguffey Reader also made it easer to learn. The MCguffey Reader is awesome!!
~William MCguffey is the inventor of the MCguffey Reader. ~William was born Sept. 23, 1800. ~William was a professor at Miami University. ~The MCguffey Reader was the first school book. ~The MCguffey Reader consists of stories, poems, essays, and speeches. By: Grace Morman, Amy Vorst, Addison Bonnell, and Sydney Witteborg (Grade 5) |
Past School Inventions Trivia ChallengeIn the past new inventions were needed to help students learn. Like the pencil helped students a lot because they didn’t have to use ink and a feather. One invention that we did besides the pencil was the pencil sharpener. It helped the students sharpen their pencil when it became dull. The chalkboard also helped teachers teach students how to do many things. The computer came later and it helped the students tremendously with almost everything. If those inventions were not invented I don’t think it would be very easy to learn. So that is why we made Trivia Challenge School History Edition. It is to teach students about the history of the inventions listed above.
By: Dane Schroeder, Adam Bogart, and Riley Schumacher (Grade 5)
Inventions: Past and FutureTHE BALLPOINT PEN: John J. Loud first thought of the ballpoint pen in 1888, in New York. His model was not successful, however, so in 1938, Laslo Biro redesigned it. The first pen was sold in 1945 for $12.50. The ballpoint pen has a moving ball and the end {hence the term ballpoint} to feed out the ink, and it causes easier writing. It also helps block the ink from escaping and causing ink smears.
THE WHITEBOARD: The whiteboard was invented in 1960. Whiteboards evolved from chalkboards; they are basically the same concept of erasable writing. Whiteboards were typically used when the teacher or when of the students were allergic to chalk dust. However, in 1980, there were many reports of allergies, so most classrooms switched to the whiteboard. The typical whiteboard is made out of melamine, painted steel, magnetic glass, or porcelain. Melamine is the most common material used for the surface of a whiteboard because it is the least costly, but it will wear down after repeated use. Painted steel is very durable, but the markers do not always come off very well. There are many advantages of whiteboards: there is less dust, they can be used with projectors, and there are many more colors of markers (so people are visual spatial can visualize important things easier) THE ERASER: Edward Nairne first manufactured the eraser in 1770, however the discovery of rubber is credited to French scientist Charles de la Condamine. In 1735 he found tribes of people in South America playing with a sticky, bouncy material named, Caoutchouc. John Priestly first used it to erase pencil marks, so he is credited with the creation of the eraser. He also created the name for the material. Rubber, because it ‘rubs’ away the pencil marks. There are two types of rubber. One is natural rubber, coming from the latex of the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), the other is synthetic rubber, is made from chemicals. All of these inventions and discoveries have contributed to education in some way. The invention of ballpoint pens made it easier to write with ink, and more people could use it. Whiteboards helped teachers teach their students more effectively, and offered a solution to the allergies to chalk. Erasers made it possible for students to write in pencil, and not worry as much about making a mistake because it could be removed. An invention that could revolutionize learning could be a 3D book. There would be more pictures, and these images would appear in front of the student, allowing them to get a better understanding of the topic they were learning. The 3D images would be interactive, for example, if it was in science, and the class was learning about chemical reactions, the 3D images could show how different elements acted with each other. It would make students more interested in the lesson, because they could actually see the thing that would happen, right in front of their eyes! What kid would not want to see vinegar and baking soda explode? Or even see a model of a New York City! By: Alyssa Langhals (grade 8) |