Alexander Graham Bell: A Mini Unit

Alexander Graham Bell's birthday is March 3rd. Here are great links and activities to have fun with learning about his life and the telephone!

Biography Pages and Telephone History Sites:

http://www.corp.att.com/history/inventing.html
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/bell-alexander-graham.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/telephone.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/peopleevents/mabell.html
http://www.telephonymuseum.com/alexander%20graham%20bell.htm
http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/albell/homepage.html
http://www.museumphones.com/

Timeline:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/belltime.html

History and Evolution of the Telephone:
http://www.privateline.com/TelephoneHistory/History1.htm

Fun ideas for projects and activities:
(Special thanks to Mia on the Homeschooling Gifted Yahoo Group for the inspiration!)

-- Research Alexander Graham Bell's life and accomplishments using the web resources above
-- Dress up like Bell to re-enact the "Mr. Watson, I need you" story
-- Build a simple telephone
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/telephone1.htm
-- Build an even simpler telephone
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Play-Telephone
-- Take apart an old telephone for fun
-- Using a bunch of phone numbers and a map see if you can figure out how phone numbers are assigned (area codes=part of the start, first 3 digits=city/county)
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question659.htm
-- Look at an international phone numbers (country codes).  If you know someone in another country, phone them.
-- Learn how pre-paid calling cards work and make a call using one
-- Figure out a phone number that would spell something funny when using the alpha characters
-- Learn how cell phones work
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm
-- Brainstorm how bad weather can affect calls and talk/learn about why you can still make a phone call on an "old-fashioned" phone even when the electric power goes out
http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/util/docs/news_releases/2008/0128_WinterStorms.pdf
-- Make up some silly answering machine messages and record them
-- Play the Game "Telephone"
http://www.ehow.com/how_2044551_play-telephone.html
-- Put together a "telephone play area" for younger children
http://www.placeofourown.net/activity.php?id=409

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