Famous Invention and Inventor
Famous Invention and Inventor
***** This assignment will take the place of one test grade (not the project) *****
DUE DATE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 7TH BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. If you are absent, send it to me email.
(Unless there are extenuating circumstances..)
Students will need to research both the inventor and the invention.
Students will take notes and answer research questions about their assigned invention and inventor.
One of the most important aspects of doing research is knowing what resources are available and which resource will give you the most accurate information in the timeliest manner.
List resources that you actually use to get information for your brochure. After completing your research rank the resources form the most useful (1), to the least useful.
Include the following information for each resource used. You need at least 5 different.
Wikipedia cannot be your main source.
Magazines – Include Title, Volume, Date, Page Number
Websites – Include URL (correctly written), Title of Website, Author (if given)
Resources Used Rank
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Research Questions Student Name _____________________
The Inventor:
Who created this invention? _______________________________________
Biographical information:
Born _______________________________ Died _______________________
• Brief family history and interesting facts about life of inventor.
• When did this inventor live?
• Where did the inventor live?
• What was the inventor’s early life and education like?
• Any interesting facts about the inventor.
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Other inventions created by this inventor.
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Inventor’s Accomplishments, Awards, and Recognitions
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Why did the inventor create this invention? What problem did it solve or what need did it meet?
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The Invention:
What invention are you researching? ___________________________
Briefly describe how this invention works. What does it do?
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History of Invention:
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How has this invention changed people’s lives/ the world? What did it replace? Benefits?
o What is the importance of this invention?
o Explain why the invention is important.
o Has the invention been improved or changed since it was invented?
o How has this invention changed the world? What was the world like before this invention and how is it different now that it has been invented?
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Who would use this invention? Where can this invention be used? How much does it cost? Where would you purchase this invention?
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After details are written out in an organized fashion, students will get to choose a method to present that information. The presentation must present the MAIN points of the research project, not necessarily everything you wrote down.
Students can:
• Make a brochure in Publisher
• Make a Fakebook presentation
• Record a Podcast (like a radio program)
• Record a video
• Make a Prezi presentation… bullets of information, not paragraphs.
• Got another idea on how to present the info, talk to Ms. House. (no powerpoints)
• Make it interesting, please. (
• I will set up a Google Classroom for this part of the assignment. The other part you will turn in to me.
• Originality will be rewarded. (
List of Possible Inventions to use. Cannot use the same invention as someone else.
aerosol can
air conditioning
airbag, automotive
airplane, engine-powered
American Sign Language
animation, motion-picture
answering machine, telephone
aspartame
aspirin
assembly line
audiotape
automated teller machine (ATM)
automobile
balloon, hot-air
bandage, adhesive
bar code
barbed wire
battery, electric storage
bicycle
bifocal lens
bikini
blood bank
blow-dryer
bomb, atomic
bomb, thermonuclear (hydrogen)
boomerang
bread, sliced (bread-slicing machine)
button
calculator, electronic hand-held
calendar, modern (Gregorian)
camcorder
camera, motion picture
camera, portable photographic
can opener
candle
canning, food
carbon-14 dating
cat litter
chewing gum (modern)
chocolate
clock, pendulum
clock, quartz
cloning, animal
coffee, drip
coins
compact disc (CD)
compass, magnetic
computed tomography (CT scan, CAT scan)
computer, electronic digital
computer, laptop
computer, personal
contact lenses
cotton gin
crayons, children's wax
credit card
defibrillator
dentures
detector, metal
detector, home smoke
diamond, artificial
diapers, disposable
digital videodisc (DVD)
dishwasher
DNA fingerprinting
drinking fountain
dynamite
elastic, fabric
electric chair
electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG)
electronic mail (e-mail)
elevator, passenger
engine, internal-combustion
engine, jet
engine, steam
escalator
eyeglasses
facsimile (fax)
fiber optics
film, photographic
food processor
genetic engineering
Geiger counter
guillotine
guitar, electric
gunpowder
helicopter
holography
ink
insulin, extraction and preparation of
Internet
iron, electric
jeans
Kevlar
laser
lawn mower, gasoline-powered
Lego
light bulb, incandescent
light bulb, fluorescent
light-emitting diode (LED)
lipstick, tube
lock and key
locomotive
loudspeaker
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
margarine
matches, friction
metric system of measurement
microphone
microscope, compound optical
microscope, electron
microwave oven
mirror, glass
missile, guided
mobile home
money, paper
Morse code
motor, electric
motorcycle
mouse, computer
nail, construction
necktie
neon lighting
nuclear reactor
nylon
oil well
pacemaker, cardiac
paper
paper clip
paper towel
parachute, modern
parking meter
particle accelerator
pasteurization
pen, ballpoint
pencil
periodic table
personal watercraft, motorized
petroleum jelly
phonograph
photocopying (xerography)
photography, instant
Play-Doh
plow, steel
pocket watch
polygraph (lie detector)
polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Post-it Notes
potato chips
printing press, movable type
radar
radio
radio, car
razor, electric
razor, safety
reaper, mechanical
record, long-playing (LP)
refrigerator
remote control, television
respirator
revolver
Richter scale
roller coaster
rubber band
saccharin
saddle (riding)
safety pin
satellite, successful artificial earth
satellite, communications
saxophone
Scotch tape
scuba gear
seat belt, automotive shoulder
sewing machine
shoelaces
silicone
skateboard
skates, ice
skates, roller
skyscraper, steel-frame
soap
soft drinks, carbonated
sonar
stamps, postage
stapler
steel, mass-production
steel, stainless
stereo, personal
stereophonic sound recording
stethoscope
stove, electric
stove, gas
straw, drinking
submarine
sunglasses
sunscreen
synthetic skin
telephone, wired-line
telephone, mobile
telescope, optical
television
thermometer
thermostat
threshing machine
tissue, toilet
toaster, electric
toilet, flush
traffic lights, automatic
typewriter
ultrasound imaging, obstetric
vaccination
vacuum cleaner, electric
Velcro
vending machine
video games
videocassette recorder
videotape
virtual reality
vision correction, laser
wheelbarrow
wheelchair
windmill
wine
World Wide Web
wristwatch, digital
X-ray imaging
zipper
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