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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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2. _____________________________________________ _________

3. _____________________________________________ _________

4. _____________________________________________ _________

5. _____________________________________________ _________

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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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