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The Boy Who Invented TV:
The Story of Philo Farnsworth
by Kathleen Krull

Let's take a trip back in time to investigate the evolution of
television! Have your grandparents told you about how they sat
and stared at a test pattern on an oval screen inside a heavy wooden case? Did they tell you how they whooped and hollered when the picture flickered? Did you know that even your grandparents and great-grandparents' television set was not the first?

Would you be surprised to know that a FARM BOY with an active, scientific mind who first began opening the door to the science of television? In this picture book biography, you'll see the farm boy looking at the stars but seeing inventors like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. You might think that walking behind the plow would be boring...but boring wasn't part of Philo Farnsworth's vocabulary! To him, plowing parallel rows including dreaming. Dreaming gave birth to an idea for how parallel furrows could become a format to transmit an electronic signal.

Kathleen Krull's story brought to life by the illustrations Greg Couch follows the life of Philo Farnsworth from age 3 through adulthood, his achievements, his problems with RCA, his automating of the washing machine, and the celebration of his inventions. It's one you don't want to miss!

Research Links for The Boy Who Invented TV

BioCubes Lesson Plans-- BioCubes Tool

Wikipedia: Philo Farnsworth
How Television Works
Early Television History
The Farnsworth Archives

Origins of Television, A Video from the Discovery Channel
Philo Farnsworth Appears on I've Got a Secret

About Inventors: Philo Farnsworth

Academic Kids: Philo Farnsworth

Fascinating Facts about Philo Farnsworth

Inventor of the Week

Info Please

Farnovision

Museum of Broadcast Communication

Webbing a Biography--Edison Example

Literary Connections

Thomas Edison, A Brilliant Inventor by the Editors of Time for Kids
Webbing a Biography--Edison Example

I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch, Kids Wings Unit in Tales for Two Centuries

Leonardo DaVinci by Diane Stanley, by Mary Jane Auch, Kids Wings Unit in Character Connections

The Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery, Kids Wings Unit in Forged in the Fire

The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery, Kids Wings Unit in Light in the Darkness

Kids Wings 5-Star Rating:

(Symbolizing high moral character in literature)

A 23-page paired activity guides for Thomas Edison, The Brilliant Inventor, PLUS The Boy Who Invented TV, The Story of Philo Farnsworth, perfect for lesson planning and handouts for projection on your SmartBoard for is now available!

The Kids' Wings Study Guide
for The Boy Who Invented TV
Contains:
Discussion Cards
Anticipation Guide
Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
5-In-A-Row Science Vocabulary Game
Philo Crossword Puzzle
Map Study
Multiple Choice Comprehension
Visualizing the Story
Simple Electricity
Find Out About Inventors
Timeline
There's More to the Story

Answer Keys

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