Invention & Design:
Telephone Module

The Invention of the Telephone

An Active Learning Module

Introduction

Background Information

Problem Statement

Criteria for Success

Schedule: Spring 1995

Assignments:

Notebooks

Prepare a Caveat

Prepare a Patent

Present your Patent

Present a narrative of your groups invention process

Extended notebook entry

Advice on Working in Groups

Exhibit 1: First Bell Patent

Exhibit 2: Gray Caveat

Exhibit 3: March 10, 1876 -- From Bell's Notebook

Exhibit 4: Bell Hand's on Simulation Rules

Exhibit 5:

Liquid Transmitter

Magneto Receiver or Transmitter

Carbon Transmitter

Photophone Transmitter

Exhibit 6: The Second Bell Patent

Supplemental Lectures

Sample Student Papers

Invention & Design: Telephone Module

The Invention of the Telephone

An Active Learning Module

Invention & Design:
Telephone Module