"I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Benjamin Franklin
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To become an inventor you must think about current inventions and their history,
in order to build on the past.
Assignments:
1. Complete pages 1-4 in the green introductory packet,
2. Your first project is to research several current day inventions and
create a design from your research with the purpose to educate other
students and decorate the bulletin board outside of my classroom on your
inventions. Who, What, When, Where and Why must be answered, as well as
the history of the invention. Why was the invention needed?
What prior inventions led to this invention? How does the invention work? Is
Has the invention undergone changes since it was invented and how?
Inventor name and date the invention was patented required.
Bulletin board also must be visually appealing.
3. Complete pages 5-9 in the green inventor introductory packet.
4. Now look at the problems you came across in the previous activities and
and decide on a tool, product or problem you could improve or create to
solve a problem. Fill out "And the winner is..." in the green inventor packet
page 10. Then finish packet.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
- Thomas Alva Edison
in order to build on the past.
Assignments:
1. Complete pages 1-4 in the green introductory packet,
2. Your first project is to research several current day inventions and
create a design from your research with the purpose to educate other
students and decorate the bulletin board outside of my classroom on your
inventions. Who, What, When, Where and Why must be answered, as well as
the history of the invention. Why was the invention needed?
What prior inventions led to this invention? How does the invention work? Is
Has the invention undergone changes since it was invented and how?
Inventor name and date the invention was patented required.
Bulletin board also must be visually appealing.
3. Complete pages 5-9 in the green inventor introductory packet.
4. Now look at the problems you came across in the previous activities and
and decide on a tool, product or problem you could improve or create to
solve a problem. Fill out "And the winner is..." in the green inventor packet
page 10. Then finish packet.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
- Thomas Alva Edison
Time to Invent!
5. Use your imagination to picture your invention in your mind. Draw your invention on a piece of paper, labeling all of the parts, date, sign and turn int0 Ms. Klopp.
6. From your drawing you will now create a model or prototype of your invention. A model represents your product; a prototype will actually work. First think of the materials you will need and if you have access to these materials. Try to think of materials that are easy to find, use, relatively inexpensive, sturdy, and that will make yoru invention as attractive as can be.
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6. From your drawing you will now create a model or prototype of your invention. A model represents your product; a prototype will actually work. First think of the materials you will need and if you have access to these materials. Try to think of materials that are easy to find, use, relatively inexpensive, sturdy, and that will make yoru invention as attractive as can be.
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Final Project Marketing Presentation
You will present your invention through a marketing campaign presentation. In your presentation think "How would I present my product to manufacturing CEO's?" The presentation can be in any form that is realistic to the situation presented.
Make sure to name your product, include inventors, diagram of your invention
labeling all parts and how it works, the purpose of your invention explained, photos of your invention and other things you might include, graphs, research, survey on your invention, jingle, or actual ad campaign promoting your product.
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Make sure to name your product, include inventors, diagram of your invention
labeling all parts and how it works, the purpose of your invention explained, photos of your invention and other things you might include, graphs, research, survey on your invention, jingle, or actual ad campaign promoting your product.
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Final Step Optional "Patent Your Invention"
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http://www.free-legal-document.com/patent-an-invention.html
"A U.S. patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor(s), issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, "the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling" the invention in the United States or "importing" the invention into the United States. To get a U.S. patent, an application must be filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office."
----U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Go to http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm
You will need all of your dated invention logs (packet), diagrams, models, and prototype information to prove the date you invented your project. Keep your materials, it might make you a millionaire!
----U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Go to http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm
You will need all of your dated invention logs (packet), diagrams, models, and prototype information to prove the date you invented your project. Keep your materials, it might make you a millionaire!
