January 17th 2016 brings us Kid Inventors’ Day. The day is to acknowledge past and present accomplishments of kid inventors and to encourage the creativity of future little inventors. The day coincides with the birthday of Benjamin Franklin who invented swimming flippers when he was just 12 years old!
We have come up with some great ideas to get inventive in the classroom!
- Work in groups to do some internet research on great inventions created by children and report back your findings
- Have a craft table with a range of items (card, foam, beads, pipe cleaners, paper, paint, cereal boxes, string, pegs, empty bottles etc) and in groups of 3/4 create a brand new invention
- Have a class discussion on famous inventors and ask the class to write about their favourite
- Think about problems that need solving and brainstorm ideas
- Find out about Heath Robinson and draw a complicated machine for a simple task
- Invent a sport and think about how it would be played, listing the rules and scoring system
- Invent, create and play a new board or card game
- Invent a timeline of your life so far
You never know, your invention might just be worth millions.
Wildgoose related resources:
Technology Through the Ages Timeline
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