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Thinking sheet · Imagine and invent
Design a Time Machine
Invent a time machine, label its controls and plan your first trip.
- Grades
- 2–6
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Imagine and invent
- Kids practice
- invention, history links, labeling
What kids do
“Build a time machine! Where, and when, will you go first?”
- My time machine, with labels
- The controls
- My first trip: the year and the place
- What I’d bring back:
How to run it
- Machines can be cars, phone booths or bathtubs.
- Link it to a history unit.
- Add safety rules.
Talk about it
- Past or future, and why?
- What would you warn people about?
- What could go wrong?
Take it further
Write a postcard from your trip.
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