Inventions and DiscoveriesImagine life without cars, phones or medicine! Scientifi c research, inventions and discoveries have enhanced our quality of life.

Fine Motor Skills: Dr Karl is a scientist. Design a crazy lab coat for him. Fill it with test tubes, beakers and magnets or any other ‘sciencey’ items!

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Diagonal Joins to e and o: Copy these joins and words relating to inventions. Remember, extend the exit to the start of e, or to the top of o, then retrace.

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Print to Cursive: Find the most important facts in this passage and write them as dot points in your best cursive handwriting.

Fine Motor Skills: Penicillin is an antibiotic used to help treat bacterial infections. Look at its fascinating molecular structure. Draw and colour your own imaginary molecular structure or copy this one.

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Printing: Choose from the list below and match each inventor with their invention. Print neatly.

Copying Chunks: Copy this passage about the invention of the telephone.

1. Alexande G aham Bell2. Hen y Fo d3. Fiona Wood4. Louis B aille5. Stephanie Kwolek6. Alexande Fleming7. Louis Pasteu

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Build 3 more words from each of these base words. The fi rst one is done for you.

Fine Motor Skills: A Rube Goldberg machine performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion. Named after an American cartoonist, these inventions often include ropes and pulleys, chain reactions and quite a bit of silliness. Design your own Rube Goldberg machine below to crack and fry an egg.

Copy these words. Focus on the diagonal joins to neckline entries.

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Rune CodeUsing the rune key, write your name. Then write a secret message for your friends to decipher.

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ne CodeUsing the rune key, write your name. Then write a secret message for your friends to decipher.

Name:

Secret Message:

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