Go to the Famous Inventions Site
Pick the first letter of your first name. Go to that page of famous inventions. Select the three most “insignificant” inventions from the list.
Pick the first letter of your last name. Go to that page of famous inventions. Select the three most “significant” inventions from that list.
Make a web post under Independent Practice with the three most insignificant and significant inventions. Explain the criteria you used to select each group. Reflect on which exercise was harder (why?).
Share your work on the Shared Google Doc – make/copy a separate row (entry) for your significant and insignificant inventions. Add your name, three inventions, and the criteria you selected for rating significant and insignificant inventions.
Inventions – Group Exercise – Part 1
The Editors of Time Magazine picked the 100 best inventions of 2019
Use your table (group of 3 or 4) to collaborate on the five most significant and least significant inventions of 2010. Post your table's conclusions in a Shared Google Doc and share with me.
Inventions – Group Exercise – Part 2
Group remix – up to table group to decide
Take the table group’s inventions from the previous day. Decide what were the motivators for the inventions from among the bullet list below. Pick at least two significant and one insignificant invention selected by the group). Continue the Table Group's Shared Google Doc and explain how the selected inventions incorporate the motivator(s).
• Personal motivation to invent. It could be out of personal interest (a tinkerer) or creative expression.
• To assist people, like Mick Ebeling in the Ted Talk video.
• Constructive discontent – Not happy with an existing product, like Dyson in the video Part 1 and Part 2.
• To make money
• Inquisitive scientific or technical thinking
Select one of the most significant inventions that your group selected.
Did the companies/inventors commercialize the invention you selected?
What intellectual property protections did the company use to protect their invention?
• patents
• trademarks
• design protection
• copyright
(New Post under Independent Practice)
Reference - Design Tech Wiki 5.1 (Inventions) - scroll down to the section on Intellectual Property
Read the April 2019 Reason Magazine Article - Quit Worrying and Learn to Love Trade with China - by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
Then, make a web post with three sections