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Inventors and Inventions: Scavenger Hunt 2

DIRECTIONS: Read each question below. Each question includes a link to a Web site where you can find its answer. (You might need to surf the site a bit to find the answer.) Write the answer on the line.

  1. http://www.discovery.com/stories/deadinventors/dead980807/deadinventors.html    Discovery Online: Dead Inventors

    What "invention" did Vannevar Bush write about in a 1945 essay?

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  2. http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/toys/toys.html    Discovery Online

    Who invented the Frisbee? ____________________________________________

    How did the Frisbee get its name?________________________________________

    _________________________________________________________________


  3. http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html    Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man

    Did Ben Franklin "invent" electricity? _____________________

    What were his contributions to the study of electricity?

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  4. http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/ilives/womeninventors.html    Women Inventors

    Which inventor was often called the "Lady Edison"? __________________________

    For which invention did she receive her first patent? __________________________


  5. http://www.invent.org/book/book-index.html    National Inventors Hall of Fame

    Who invented the microphone? _________________________________________

    What is his invention's connection to the Bell Telephone Company?

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  6. http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo    Leonardo's Homepage

    How was the way in which Leonardo da Vinci looked at machines different from the way most artists

    and craftsmen of his time looked at them?_____________________________________

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  7. http://web.mit.edu/invent    The Invention Dimension

    What are three of the nine questions you might ask yourself to determine whether your invention

    is worth patenting? ______________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

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  8. http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/index.html    The History Channel

    Which architectural and engineering innovations most influenced the development of the skyscraper?

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  9. http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/    The History of Invention

    Who was the inventor of the first television? _________________________________

    How was that television different from the one in your home?______________________

    ___________________________________________________________________


  10. http://www.nps.gov/edis/home.htm    Edison National Historic Site

    Thomas Edison is often called the "Wizard of Menlo Park." Of what importance was

    Menlo Park to Edison's life? _____________________________________________

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