Today's Classroom Activities :

National Inventor’s Month

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Science Display various items such as straws, zippers and a laptop computer. Discuss how inventions have changed societies and lives. Many inventions develop out of a desire to do things faster and easier. Celebrate National Inventor's Month by visiting www.inventorsdigest.com and checking local libraries and museums for special exhibits about inventions and inventors. Challenge students to invent something that could simplify or improve their lives.

Have your students visit Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids where they can learn about Benjamin Franklin and his many inventions.

Legend has it that Marvin Stone invented the first paper drinking straw while sipping a mint julep after work. Ask your students to research Who invented the Drinking Straw?

The National Inventors Hall of Fame celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions your students can use to find out about people like Walt Disney, George Washington Carver, Guglielmo Marconi and so many others.