Beech – Half Term Science Homework

Many scientists have over the years contributed to our understanding of electricity.

Visit thefusebox.northernpowergrid.com/
page/electricity/history.cfm
and go through the decades to find out what was invented and by whom.

For your homework, you are going to write a fact file about Thomas Edison who is credited with a very famous invention.

Use the fact file sheet to present your work.

Here are some useful websites:

Thomas Edison:
– http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/edison/aa_edison_subj.html
– http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html
– http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/edison/lightbulb.shtml
– http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm

General sites:
– http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/history.cfm 
– http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/energy_pioneers.cfm 
– http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/the-history-of-electricity.html