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History What are inventors and inventions? 1 What do many inventions change? 2 Who invented the television? 3 What did he do to succeed? inventor invention experiment demonstrate succeed patient determined optimistic My key words www.macmillanenglish.com/younglearners What did they Invent? Draw a picture and write about your invention George Stephenson Images © Fotolia: Michal Adamczyk, Jumpingsack, D Wetzel, Rick Carlson, stunt, James Steidl Spinning Mill Cotton Factory Richard Arkwright Steam Boat Robert Fulton Steam Engine Narcisco Monturiol Submarine Louis Jacques-Mande Daguerre Telegraph System Samuel Morse Type of Photography I think that Stephenson invented the Steam Engine Inventors and inventions When a person has a new idea and designs or makes something for the first time, they are an inventor – and what they make or design is an invention. Many inventions change people’s lives. And many inventions that are an important part of our lives today didn’t exist in the past. One example of this is the invention of the television, by John Baird. John Baird was a Scottish engineer and he invented the television in 1925. As a young man, John moved to London where he was poor and worked in a boring job. But John was brilliant at electrical engineering and his dream was to make a television. John worked on his idea in his free time and did many different experiments using an old chest, a hat box, a pair of scissors, some knitting needles, some bicycle lights and a lot of glue! After many attempts, John finally succeeded in making the world’s first television, which he demonstrated for the first time to a group of happy people in London in 1926. Do you think you can be an inventor? And I want to invent ... I want to invent a robot to do my homework! e.g. I have invented a pencil case with a television. My invention has buttons that you can use to change the channel. It also has a speaker for the sound to come from. My invention also works as a normal pencil case to hold my pens and pencils. I n ve n t o r s a n d I n v e n t io n s

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Page 1: What did they Invent? Inventors and inventions€¦ · Inventors and inventions When a person has a new idea and designs or makes something for the fi rst time, they are an inventor

History

What are inventors and inventions?

1 What do many inventions change? 2 Who invented the television? 3 What did he do to succeed?

inventorinventionexperimentdemonstrate

succeed

patient

determined

optimistic

My key words

www.macmillanenglish.com/younglearners

What did they Invent?

Draw a picture and write about your invention

George Stephenson

Imag

es ©

Fot

olia

: Mic

hal A

dam

czyk

, Jum

ping

sack

, D W

etze

l, Ri

ck C

arls

on, s

tunt

, Jam

es S

teid

l

Spinning Mill Cotton Factory

Richard Arkwright Steam Boat

Robert Fulton Steam Engine

Narcisco Monturiol Submarine

Louis Jacques-Mande Daguerre Telegraph System

Samuel Morse Type of Photography

I think that Stephenson invented the Steam Engine

Inventors and inventionsWhen a person has a new idea and designs

or makes something for the fi rst time, they are an inventor – and what they make or design is an invention.

Many inventions change people’s lives. And many inventions that are an important part of our lives today didn’t exist in the past. One example of this is the invention of the television, by John Baird.

John Baird was a Scottish engineer and he invented the television in 1925. As a young man, John moved to London where he was poor and worked in a boring job. But John was brilliant at electrical engineering and his dream was to make a television. John worked on his

idea in his free time and did many different experiments using an old chest, a hat box, a pair of scissors, some knitting needles, some bicycle lights and a lot of glue!

After many attempts, John fi nally succeeded in making the world’s fi rst television, which he demonstrated for the fi rst time to a group of happy people in London in 1926.

Do you think you can be an inventor?

Spinning Mill Cotton Factory

Steam Engine

Telegraph System

Type of Photography

And I want to invent ...

I want to invent a robot to do my homework!

e.g. I have invented a pencil case with a television.

My invention has buttons that you can use to change

the channel. It also has a speaker for the sound to come

from. My invention also works as a normal pencil case

to hold my pens and pencils.

Inventors and Inventions