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5-2 Canadian Inventions

Spend 20-30 minutes checking out the links to innovators and inventors below. Some key questions to think about: what was our greatest invention? what impact did it have on our lifestyle? When was it invented? Who invented it? Did it lead to other inventions and innovations????

Canadian Inventions

Canadian Inventors and Innovations.

CBC the history of inventions and some of Canada’s best.

Time magazine’s annual list of the best inventions





Now, fill out the “Canadian Invention Fact Sheet” (attach in a separate file on the Weebly).

You need to report on three Canadian inventions, listing the invention, the year it was invented, the name of the inventor, and a brief description in point form. Also, describe the impact of the invention on people's lives. You need to include a photo of the invention and it would be great to include the inventor!

To maximize the amount of information you can obtain on each invention, click on the inventions that are highlighted at the Web sites (some sites provide this information, not all), indicating a hyperlink to another site that provides more detailed information.

Your “Canadian Inventor Fact Sheet” can be one to two pages (feel free to adjust the line spacing or font size).

4 marks

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