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    1) Inventions are created by people to solve problems and make life easier. Inventors come up with new ideas to help people and can be of any age from anywhere in the world. 2) Common inventions include things like the refrigerator, which helps keep food fresh, and the airplane, which allowed for human flight. Other important inventions discussed are the telephone, vacuum cleaner, braille, and the automobile. 3) Inventors have to spend a long time improving and testing their ideas through many attempts before their inventions work properly. Getting a patent protects the inventor's idea so they can profit from selling their invention. Inventions are often changed and updated over time to make them better and more useful.

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    1) Inventions are created by people to solve problems and make life easier. Inventors come up with new ideas to help people and can be of any age from anywhere in the world. 2) Common inventions include things like the refrigerator, which helps keep food fresh, and the airplane, which allowed for human flight. Other important inventions discussed are the telephone, vacuum cleaner, braille, and the automobile. 3) Inventors have to spend a long time improving and testing their ideas through many attempts before their inventions work properly. Getting a patent protects the inventor's idea so they can profit from selling their invention. Inventions are often changed and updated over time to make them better and more useful.

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    1) Inventions are created by people to solve problems and make life easier. Inventors come up with new ideas to help people and can be of any age from anywhere in the world. 2) Common inventions include things like the refrigerator, which helps keep food fresh, and the airplane, which allowed for human flight. Other important inventions discussed are the telephone, vacuum cleaner, braille, and the automobile. 3) Inventors have to spend a long time improving and testing their ideas through many attempts before their inventions work properly. Getting a patent protects the inventor's idea so they can profit from selling their invention. Inventions are often changed and updated over time to make them better and more useful.

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    Inventions

    3rd Grade Science

    90307.T/E.4 Evaluate an
    invention that solves a problem
    and determine ways to improve
    the design.
    Anything new or different in
    the world made by people is an
    invention!
    Inventions are created to help
    make life easier and better.
    Lots of invention are ways to
    have fun or good things to
    eat!
    Other inventions are made to
    solve problems.
    Many inventions keep
    people safe.
    People who create inventions are
    called inventors.

    Inventors can live anywhere in


    the world and be any age!
    Inventors can be anyone that
    wants to help the world!

    People have been creating


    inventions for hundreds of
    years.
    Don’t give up!
    • Inventors need to plan for a
    long time and have to try many
    times before they can get their
    invention to work the right way.
    No copy cats!
    • Once an invention works, inventors will
    need to get a patent.

    • A patent makes sure that no one can


    copy their idea.

    • A patent means the inventor can sell


    their invention to make money!
    Improvements!
    • Inventions can be changed to
    make them better!

    • Changing the design or plan of an


    invention can help the people who
    use them.
    Refrigerator
    • The refrigerator was invented to help
    keep food from spoiling in the heat.
    • Carl von Linde invented the refrigerator
    in 1876.
    • Carl von Linde was from Germany.
    Airplane
    • Wilbur and Orville Wright spent many years
    building balloons and kites before they built
    the first airplane.
    • Their invention was very special because it
    was the first flying machine.

    Flying Kite
    The Flyer
    • The first flight took place on December
    17, 1903 and lasted 12 seconds.
    • The Wright Brothers’ plane, the Flyer,
    was an important invention because it
    marked the beginning of human flight.
    The First Car
    Henry Ford wanted to change transportation
    in the world.
    He designed the first car and used factories to
    build many cars in a short amount of time!

    Many people could pay to


    own one of his Model T cars!
    New Cars
    Cars have gotten faster over the years.

    They cost more money, but they are safer


    than the old Model-T cars.
    Telephone
    • Alexander Graham Bell designed the
    telephone in 1876.
    • He wanted a faster way to talk to others
    who were not nearby.
    • His success allowed for all people to

     
    communicate quickly!
                                                  
    Improving the telephone!
    • Over the years, inventors have tried to
    make the telephone better.
    • Phones that cost less let many people
    own one in their home.
    • Cell phones allowed people to take
    their phone with them wherever they
    go!
    Vacuum Cleaner
    • Many people created several designs
    for the vacuum cleaner.
    • This invention helped clean rugs,
    floors, and other dirty areas indoors.
    • Over time vacuums have become more
    powerful and clean better.
    Braille
    • Louis Braille was blinded as a child and
    he wanted a way to read.
    • He invented a system of raised dots
    that could be read using the fingers.

     
    • Today, this method is still used by
    people who are blind.
                          
    Did you know?
    • August is National Inventors' Month.

    • The first patent was issued in 1790 to


    Samuel Hopkins for a new way of making
    soap!

    • Kleenex tissue was first created to be a gas


    mask to use in World War I.

    • Benjamin Franklin created bifocals because


    he hated wearing two pairs of glasses!

    • Toilet paper was invented by Seth Wheeler


    in New York!
    Bibliography
    • http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/refri
    gerator.htm
    • http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdwrigh.htm
    • http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/wright
    1903.html
    • http://www.first-to-fly.com/Adventure/Workshop/
    workshop.htm
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford
    • http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/tele
    phone.htm

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