CHALLENGE PROJECT ~ Inventors and Inventions Internet Hunt

"An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots." ~ Charles Kettering Directions: Use the links provided to find the answers to the questions. Type your answers to each question on a separate sheet or make a PowerPoint to illustrate your answers. 1. 2. 3. Benjamin Franklin invented the odometer. What does it do? Why did he invent it?

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

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

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What is a trademark?

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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?

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

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

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What did James T. Russell invent?

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Select a Mother of Invention. Write 3 facts about her or her invention.

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Why did Thomas Jefferson find his polygraph machine so very handy?

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Should Gordon Gould have been given the patent for the laser?

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George Washington Carver said, "Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." Who was he and what were two of his accomplishments?