Download da Vinci Invention Timeline (or any Renaissance invention)

da Vinci Invention Timeline
(or any Renaissance invention)
“The term "Renaissance man" comes from fifteenth-century Italy and refers to the
idea of a person with knowledge and skills in a number of different areas. Perhaps,
no single individual defines the idea of a Renaissance man better than Leonardo da
Vinci – an artist, scientist, architect, engineer and inventor.
Though Leonardo da Vinci may be most famous for his works as an artist, he
actually spent quite a bit more time working on his endeavors in science and
technology. Of course, his detailed sketches and distinct artistry played a large role
in his inventions, and his sketchbooks later provided evidence that da Vinci had
envisioned many ideas long before the technology to build them actually existed.”
For this assignment, we will be looking at some of those inventions, as well others
from the time period of the Renaissance.
Timeline Assignment
Inventions continue to evolve, being altered to suit the needs of the world around them
until a point in time where they are no longer considered useful.
Task: Individually, or with an approved partner, investigate and create a timeline of one of
the da Vinci Inventions, or another invention from the time of the Renaissance. Ensure you
show several important changes made to it and the years they occurred, as well as a
worldview that either impacted the change of this invention, or a worldview that changed
because of the evolvement of this invention.
Minimum requirement:
• must include at least 2 changes (including original invention)
• must include at least 2 worldviews during the changes to the invention
• must include at least 3 diagrams of what the invention looked like at that time
period, or what it has evolved into
Remember, some inventions may change completely by modern day. If you chose the
printing press, we might say that an e-reader is the modern equivalent.
Da Vinci’s Inventions (Choose 1)
Ball bearings
Parachute
Armored tank
Ornithopter (early helicopter)
Machine gun
Diving suit
Self propelled car
City of the future (sanitation)
Aerial screw
Robotic knight
Revolving bridge
Clock
Giant crossbow
Anemometer
Triple barreled canon
OR choose another invention from the Renaissance:
Gun powder
Eye glasses
Flush toilet
Lenses (microscope, telescope)
Printing press
Submarine
Wallpaper
Telescope
Microscope
Clock
Watches
Scales for weighing
Oil paints
Bell chimes
Cards (card games)
Bottled beverages
Water thermometer
Barometer
Steam turbine
Matches
Air pump
Adding machine (original calculator)
Violin