Inventors and Inventions Internet Hunt Directions: Use the links provided to find the answers to the questions.
This hunts takes you to the web site with the answer, 1. Benjamin Franklin invented the odometer. What does it do?
Why did he invent it?
Other famous Ben Franklin inventions 2. Just the other day you had a great idea for an invention.
What is the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention called?
What is a trademark?
TAI - You recognize trademarks everywhere. Name a trademark not listed in the article. Don't complain, Just do it!
3. Use the resources at the National Inventors Hall of Fame to find out what Steve Wozniak invented.
4. Pick one other inventor at the National Inventors Hall of Fame site. Write 3 facts about the inventor.
5. What happened that got Ole Evinrude thinking about inventing a gas engine for boats?
6. What did James T. Russell invent? Use a search engine to find him.
7. Select a Mother of Invention. Write 3 facts about her or her invention.
8. Why did Thomas Jefferson find his polygraph machine so very handy?
9. Should Gordon Gould have been given the patent for the laser?
Use your online research skills to learn - 10. George Washington Carver said, "Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
11. Plato said it, ".......................................
is the mother of invention" Fill in the blank.
12. How do Krysta Morlan's inventions prove Plato's point?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison Challenges: Watch video - "Mastery in anything is a really good predictor of mastery in the thing you want done." Randy Nelson, Pixar University Take this chronological tour of photos of telephones. For each picture write a brief
description. Check out the interactive areas on the NPS - Thomas Edison site Garrett Yazzie, 13, invents solar heater for his family's home | Junk Yard Genius High School Student is Biofuel Whiz-kid | 12-year-old Revolutionizes the Solar Cell Lunar Society and the Homebrew Computer Club | Innovators in Computing Internet Hunts / Nature / Civics / Computers / PA Projects / Project based Learning / Puzzles & Projects / Site map / Home All trademarks, copyrights and logos belong to their respective owners. posted 10/2002 by Cynthia J O'Hora. Updated 3/2020 12/2007 Released to public domain in honor of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Tip of the hat to Cathleen Lykens for her help keeping this hunt current! Proof read your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. Make Your Own Printed answer sheet. Aligned with - National Educational Technology Standards for Students and the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Science and Technology |