Dec 18, 2015
Discovering Chinese Technology
Ancient Chinese ingenuity lead to the development of new products and processes. Through cultural connections, these new innovations eventually reached reached the West and changed European practices.
Discovering Chinese TechnologyActivity
Each student or team chooses a piece of the puzzle.
Use the Internet to find our about Ancient Chinese Inventions.
Be ready to share your piece in information with the class.
On your worksheet, record the following information:
1. When was it invented?
2. Where was it invented?
3. Who invented it?
4. What did the Chinese use it for?
5. How did the invention reach the European world?
Blast Furnace
Movable Type
Rocket
Kite
Paper
Abacus
Gunpowder
Printing Press
Wheelbarrow
Compass
Paper Money
Helicopter Rotor
Umbrella
Matches
Mold Board Plow
Silk
Seismograph
Chinese InventionsMoveable type
Paper
Paper money
Printing Press
Rockets
Seismograph
Silk
Umbrella
Wheelbarrow
Abacus
Blast furnace (cast iron)
Compass
Gunpowder
Helicopter rotor
Kite
Matches
Moldboard plow
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