Inventors and Inventions Hunt Internet Hunt by Cindy O'Hora

Directions: Use the links provided to find the answers to the questions. This hunts takes you to the web site with the answer rather than right to the page. Once you dig up the answer, use the Go Menu of your browser to return to this hunt page.

1. Benjamin Franklin invented the odometer. What does it do? Why did he invent it?

2. Just the other day you had a great idea for an invention. What agency of the government should you contact to protect your ownership of the idea?

What is the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention called?

What is a trademark?

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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 who invented the personal computer. How old was the person when they made their first computer?

4. Pick one other inventor at the National Inventors Hall of Fame site. Write 3 facts about them.

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5. What happened that got Ole Evinrude thinking about inventing a gas engine for boats?

6. What did James T. Russell invent?

7. Select a Mother of Invention. Write 3 facts about her or her invention. (This is a multipage web site. Follow the links at the bottom of each page to view pages on women inventors.)

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8. Plato said it, "....................................... is the mother of invention" Fill in the blank using the Famousquote site. Rule of search: If you enter the words mother of invention in the search box, you will get: all the quotes with the word "mother" AND all the quotes with the word "of" AND all the quotes with the word "invention". UGH!

A smart internet searcher: Puts the phrase inside quotation marks to match all the words together. Enter- "mother of invention"

Challenges:

Take this chronological tour of photos of telephones. For each picture write a brief description. Consider materials used in construction, shape, size, visible parts. Pay special attention to the changes.

Explore the web site Invention at Play - http://www.inventionatplay.org/

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison

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