Resource & Activity Book

Thomas Edison
Fun and Engaging • Curriculum Extension
Reinforces Learning • Skill Level Activities
 Parent and Teacher Guide
Studies have proven learning is enhanced through the use of several senses. A recent study shows that
we retain 10 percent of what we see, 20 percent of what we hear, and 50 percent of what we see and
hear. But when we see, hear and do, we retain 90 percent of the information.
(Lisa Marie Nelson, Ph.D., Author “The Healthy Family Handbook”).

The purpose of this Resource & Activity Book is to help children learn and retain the story theme
and principles in a fun and educational way. Your children will love coloring pages, solving puzzles,
matching games, completing word searches, and much more! Each Resource & Activity Book also
features challenging questions and activities for children from preschool through middle school. And
in the rare case you don’t know an answer, there’s an answer key in the back!

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY

The activities in this book are designed in three levels of difficulty designated by symbols. The
activities with one symbol are geared towards younger children while the activities with two and three
symbols become increasingly challenging for older children.

Level One Level Two Level Three

Easy Intermediate Advanced

CURRICULUM RELATED

These educational activities are related to various educational discipline such as social studies
(geography, history, culture), language arts (spelling, creative writing, grammar, literature),
math (simple equations), and science. There are also activities for character development, video
awareness, problem solving, music, and art. The subject codes below are for your convenience.

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 REFERENCES
For those wishing to further study the life of Thomas Edison, some of the
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below, along with other titles that may be of interest.

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Thomas Edison
RESOURCE & ACTIVITY BOOK
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Enjoy the Lessons of History...
Watch as children are drawn into The Animated
Hero Classics ® series! Then, the fun and learning
continue as they build on their biographical
and historical knowledge by exploring the lessons
further with this series of Resource & Activity Books full
of curriculum related activities, problem solving, learn-
ing assessment tools as well as word games, puzzles and
coloring pages. Each book in the
Animated Hero Classics ® series is an adventure for
children of all ages and the perfect way to encourage
continued learning discovery!

Never was genius more fun! Thomas

Edison opens up the laboratory of
America’s most celebrated inventor
and invites you to explore its secrets.
This fast-paced, bird’s eye view of
Edison’s legendary career takes you
behind the scenes to reveal the daily
discoveries with “the Wizard of Menlo
Park.” Sprinkled with humor and packed
with little-known details about the search
for a working electric light bulb, this story Collect the other titles in NEST’s
will help you see for yourself why Edison
animated Hero Classics collection:
quipped, “Genius is about one percent Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell
inspiration and ninety-nine percent George Washington The Wright Brothers
perspiration.” Harriet Tubman Maccabees
Christopher Columbus Helen Keller
Benjamin Franklin Leonardo da Vinci
Florence Nightingale Joan of Arc
William Bradford Marco Polo
Pocahontas Galileo
Abraham Lincoln Marie Curie
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