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Inventions for 3rd Grade Science

1) Inventions are created by people to solve problems and make life easier. Inventors come up with new ideas to help people and can be of any age from anywhere in the world. 2) Common inventions include things like the refrigerator, which helps keep food fresh, and the airplane, which allowed for human flight. Other important inventions discussed are the telephone, vacuum cleaner, braille, and the automobile. 3) Inventors have to spend a long time improving and testing their ideas through many attempts before their inventions work properly. Getting a patent protects the inventor's idea so they can profit from selling their invention. Inventions are often changed and updated over time to make them better and more useful.

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Inventions for 3rd Grade Science

1) Inventions are created by people to solve problems and make life easier. Inventors come up with new ideas to help people and can be of any age from anywhere in the world. 2) Common inventions include things like the refrigerator, which helps keep food fresh, and the airplane, which allowed for human flight. Other important inventions discussed are the telephone, vacuum cleaner, braille, and the automobile. 3) Inventors have to spend a long time improving and testing their ideas through many attempts before their inventions work properly. Getting a patent protects the inventor's idea so they can profit from selling their invention. Inventions are often changed and updated over time to make them better and more useful.

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  • Introduction to Inventions
  • What is an Invention?
  • Purpose of Inventions
  • Inventions for Entertainment
  • Problem-Solving Inventions
  • Safety Inventions
  • Who Are Inventors?
  • Inspiring Inventors
  • Persistence in Invention
  • Intellectual Property
  • Improving Inventions
  • The Refrigerator
  • The Airplane
  • The Wright Flyer
  • The First Car
  • Modern Cars
  • The Telephone
  • Telephone Innovations
  • The Vacuum Cleaner
  • Braille System
  • Fun Invention Facts
  • Bibliography

Inventions

3rd Grade Science

90307.T/E.4 Evaluate an
invention that solves a problem
and determine ways to improve
the design.
Anything new or different in
the world made by people is an
invention!
Inventions are created to help
make life easier and better.
Lots of invention are ways to
have fun or good things to
eat!
Other inventions are made to
solve problems.
Many inventions keep
people safe.
People who create inventions are
called inventors.

Inventors can live anywhere in


the world and be any age!
Inventors can be anyone that
wants to help the world!

People have been creating


inventions for hundreds of
years.
Don’t give up!
• Inventors need to plan for a
long time and have to try many
times before they can get their
invention to work the right way.
No copy cats!
• Once an invention works, inventors will
need to get a patent.

• A patent makes sure that no one can


copy their idea.

• A patent means the inventor can sell


their invention to make money!
Improvements!
• Inventions can be changed to
make them better!

• Changing the design or plan of an


invention can help the people who
use them.
Refrigerator
• The refrigerator was invented to help
keep food from spoiling in the heat.
• Carl von Linde invented the refrigerator
in 1876.
• Carl von Linde was from Germany.
Airplane
• Wilbur and Orville Wright spent many years
building balloons and kites before they built
the first airplane.
• Their invention was very special because it
was the first flying machine.

Flying Kite
The Flyer
• The first flight took place on December
17, 1903 and lasted 12 seconds.
• The Wright Brothers’ plane, the Flyer,
was an important invention because it
marked the beginning of human flight.
The First Car
Henry Ford wanted to change transportation
in the world.
He designed the first car and used factories to
build many cars in a short amount of time!

Many people could pay to


own one of his Model T cars!
New Cars
Cars have gotten faster over the years.

They cost more money, but they are safer


than the old Model-T cars.
Telephone
• Alexander Graham Bell designed the
telephone in 1876.
• He wanted a faster way to talk to others
who were not nearby.
• His success allowed for all people to

 
communicate quickly!
                                              
Improving the telephone!
• Over the years, inventors have tried to
make the telephone better.
• Phones that cost less let many people
own one in their home.
• Cell phones allowed people to take
their phone with them wherever they
go!
Vacuum Cleaner
• Many people created several designs
for the vacuum cleaner.
• This invention helped clean rugs,
floors, and other dirty areas indoors.
• Over time vacuums have become more
powerful and clean better.
Braille
• Louis Braille was blinded as a child and
he wanted a way to read.
• He invented a system of raised dots
that could be read using the fingers.

 
• Today, this method is still used by
people who are blind.
                      
Did you know?
• August is National Inventors' Month.

• The first patent was issued in 1790 to


Samuel Hopkins for a new way of making
soap!

• Kleenex tissue was first created to be a gas


mask to use in World War I.

• Benjamin Franklin created bifocals because


he hated wearing two pairs of glasses!

• Toilet paper was invented by Seth Wheeler


in New York!
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Inventions 3rd Grade Science 90307.T/E.4 Evaluate an invention that solves a problem and determine ways to improve the
Anything new or different in the world made by people is an invention!
Inventions are created to help make life easier and better.
Lots of invention are ways to have fun or good things to eat!
Other inventions are made to solve problems.
Many inventions keep people safe.
People who create inventions are called inventors. Inventors can live anywhere in the world and be any age!
Inventors can be anyone that wants to help the world! People have been creating inventions for hundreds of years.
Don’t give up! • Inventors need to plan for a long time and have to try many times before they can get their invention
No copy cats! • Once an invention works, inventors will need to get a patent. • A patent makes sure that no one can cop

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