Our scientific tie to the Underground Railroad was through
inventions and technology of the time of slavery and the Freedom Movement. Each
student was to research a 20 year period of time, find at least five new
inventions or improvements on current technology, and build a scale model
of one of the machines. Our goal was to discover how technology might have
affected slavery and the Freedom Movement.
Allie and her version of the
stethoscope.
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Allie also made a working model of a
battery.
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Amy and her microphone.
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Ashley and her telephone.
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Ashley, Val, and Brittany all display
their phones.
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Austin demonstrates his phonograph.
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Ben and his tin can.
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Caleb and his stick match.
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Casie and her version of the elevator.
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Cassie made another version of the
elevator.
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Claire and her version of the 1st
stethoscope.
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Clare and her grain elevator.
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Cory looks for a volunteer to help him
demonstrate his guillotine.
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Danny and his battery.
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Dani and her bicycle.
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Dani displays a syringe, representing
the first vaccine.
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Donavon gives us a close-up view of his
dynamite.
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Elliot and his Pullman Sleeping Car.
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Elliot and his stick match.
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Eric and an improvement on the
seismograph.
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Eric and his version of a wax candle.
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Gina and her kaleidoscope.
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Harleen explains a few things about a
new model of typewriter.
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Jackie and Aimee and their flashlights.
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Jake and his torpedo.
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Jason and his hand crank clothes dryer.
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Jeff and his version of a revolver (made
of clay!).
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Jeremy and his versions of a microphone
and John Deere's first steel plow.
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Jesse and his false teeth.
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Joe and his dynamite.
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Jon demonstrates his version of the
kaleidoscope.
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Jordan and his dynamite.
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Justin tries to hide behind his glider.
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Katie and her traffic lights.
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Katie explains her revolver (also clay!).
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Kaylee made a drum for a phonograph.
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Keith demonstrates his telescope.
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Kim and her traffic light.
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Kim found a picture of a traffic light
with only green and red signals!
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Krista and her version of an early
bicycle.
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Liza and her guillotine.
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Luke demonstrates his working
electromagnetic doorbell.
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Mark and his guillotine.
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Mark and his dynamite.
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Matt and his safety pin.
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Mike and his arc lamp.
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Molly had her version of the microphone.
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Nick and his stapler.
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Olivia and her lawnmower.
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Ross explains his revolver (yes - it's
clay, too!)
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Ryan and his light bulb.
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Sarah and her slot machine.
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Sarah and her kaleidoscope.
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Shawn and his Braille alphabet.
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Shawna and her liquid crystal
transmitter - precursor to the telephone.
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Stephanie and her lawnmower.
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