Edison's Problems and Energy Solutions
Exploring Thomas Edison's Inventions How Problems Led to Amazing Solutions Understanding Energy Transfer Through Innovation
Meet Thomas Edison: The Problem Solver
Born in 1847 in Ohio Created over 1,000 inventions Known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park' Always looked for problems to solve
Reading Detective Activity
Get your highlighters ready! Yellow = Problems Edison faced Blue = Solutions he created Look for evidence in the text
Problems vs. Solutions
{"left":"People needed light after dark\nEdison invented the light bulb\nSounds couldn't be recorded","right":"Edison created the phonograph\nElectricity was hard to distribute\nEdison built power stations"}
Energy Transfer in Edison's Inventions
Light bulb: Electricity → Light and Heat Phonograph: Mechanical → Sound Power station: Chemical → Electrical All inventions moved energy from one form to another
Think and Cite
What problem did Edison want to solve with the light bulb? Can you find the exact sentence in the text that tells us this? How does the light bulb transfer energy?
Write Your Summary
Topic sentence about Edison Problem and evidence from text Solution and evidence from text How energy transfers Strong closing sentence
Edison's Wisdom
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." - Thomas Edison