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Wood Creek
Suzanne Kwasniewicz
3
Inventors and Their Inventions
March 14, 2001
Assignment Information: Your assignment is to research an inventor and compile the information in a tiny book.   Include the following things in your tiny inventor book.

(5 pts) Include a cover with the inventors name (title) and your name (author).

(5pts) Page one - diagram of an invention developed by this inventor.

(5 pts) Page two - background information on inventor.

(5 pts) Page three - How and why the invention you illustrated came about.

(5 pts) Page four - Tell about any earlier inventions that influenced the inventor and this invention.

(5 pts) Page five - Tell about the difference this invention made in the world.

(5 pts) Page six - List the source(s) you used to find your information.

(15 pts) The tiny booklet demonstrates quality work (legible writing, complete sentences, accurate spelling, colorful artwork, etc.)

Remember that your tiny book should be in final draft form.  It is due on March 14.  I will be happy to proof-read any rough-drafts if they are turned in to me by March 8.

We will spend at least one class period gathering information.

Our Print Resources:
[FH = Farmington Hills] [FA = Farmington] [REF = Reference Collection]

Title

World of Invention
The Picture History of Great Inventors
Dreamers and Doers: Inventors Who Changed Our World
Twentieth-Century Inventors
Inventors of the World
Twenty Inventors

African-American Inventors

Ask a librarian to help you find a biography that you can check out on your inventor.

 

Call Number

J REF 608.7 W
J REF 609 C
J 620.009 R

J 920 A
J 920 E
J 920 D
J 609.2 M

 

Location

FH
FH
FH & FA

FH & FA
FH
FH & FA
FH

Online Resources:
Biographies for Kids http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_biographical.htm
The Invention Dimension http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/archive.html
Inventors Online Museum http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/
National Inventors Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/

 

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