CREATE YOUR OWN INVENTION

• CREATE AN INVENTION THAT YOU THINK WILL BENEFIT

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IN OUR LIVES. BE AS CREATIVE

AS YOU CAN. YOU MUST DESCRIBE YOUR INVENTION IN

GREAT DETAILS. BE VERY SPECIFIC ON THE PURPOSE OF

THE INVENTION. MAKE SURE YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOUR

INVENTION IS IMPORTANT AND HOW IT WILL CHANGE

SOCIETY. YOU MUST CREATE A MODEL OF THE INVENTION

(THE MODEL DOES NOT HAVE TO WORK).

ESSAY

• WRITE AN ESSAY TO DESCRIBE YOUR INVENTION.

• YOUR ESSAY MUST BE TYPED, DOUBLE SPACED USING TIMES NEW-ROMAN 12" FONTS. REMEMBER TO HAVE

AN INTRODUCTION AND A CONCLUSION. PROPER SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION COUNT. THIS IS A FORMAL

ESSAY (40%).

• YOUR PAPER MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

• 1. WHAT IS IT?

• 2. WHAT DOES IT DO?

• 3. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

• 4. WHAT WILL IT REPLACE, IF ANYTHING?

• 5. HOW WOULD ONE CREATE OR MAKE THE INVENTION?

• 6. HOW AND WHY WOULD YOU USE IT?

• 7. HOW WOULD IT IMPROVE SOMEONE’S LIFE?

• 8. WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT BE USED?

• 9. WHAT WAYS WILL THIS INVENTION CHANGE OR AFFECT OUR LIVES?

• MODEL*** OF YOUR INVENTION (40%) .

• YOUR MODEL*** SHOULD BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE CLASS TO SEE IT WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR

PRESENTATION AND SMALL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO CARRY IT ON THE BUS. REMEMBER THAT THE

INVENTION MUST BE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND/OR ENVIRONMENT.

DETAILS AND CREATIVITY ARE KEY FOR THIS PART OF THE PROJECT. REMEMBER TO BE NEAT,

IMAGINATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL. WHO KNOWS, ONE DAY YOU COULD PATENT YOUR IDEA.

• ***YOU CAN MAKE A SKETCH USING PROPER DIMENSIONS AND ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS

• PRESENT YOUR INVENTION TO THE CLASS (20%).

• YOU WILL PRESENT AN EXPLANATION OF YOUR INVENTION USING THE MODEL OF YOUR

INVENTION TO THE CLASS. YOU WILL NEED TO BE PREPARED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE

CLASS FOR AT LEAST THREE MINUTES. STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS

ABOUT YOUR INVENTION. MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS FROM

YOUR ESSAY AND VOLUME COUNTS. THE CLASS WILL LATER VOTE, AFTER SEEING ALL OF THE

INVENTIONS, ON THE BEST ONES. @

• BE PREPARED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE CLASS ON THE DAY THE ASSIGNMENT IS DUE (MAY

4TH)