GRADE 6 SCIENCE SUMMER ASSIGNMENT

DUE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

This is the first step in the process of developing an invention for the Invention Convention part of OLM's Science Fair.  Follow these directions to complete this part of your Invention Convention project.

1.  Choose an inventor or team of inventors from the list that follows.

2. Investigate this inventor or team and discover the invention for which this

         person or team is responsible.

3. Pretend that you are an advertising executive in charge of publicizing this

         invention.

4. Create a poster that will tell people about his invention and why they should

         buy it, use it, or invest in the development of the idea.

5. Poster Information

a. Your poster must be on an 8.5x11 inch sheet of paper, with your name on

               the front in the lower right-hand corner.

b. Your poster must include the followining information:

i. The first, middle, and last name of your inventor

ii. a picture of the invention;

     iii. a picture of the inventor

           iv. an explanation of three or four sentences, in your own word, why this

   invention is important;

v. an explanation, in your own words, of the process that led to this

                    invention;

           c. Challenge yourself by adding at least three of the following:

i. place your poster on a piece of construction paper for greater

                    stability;

ii. find a quote by your inventor to add to the poster;

                 iii. tell about the inventor's ibackgraound: family, education, job at the

                     time the invention was made, what was happening in history at the time

                     the invention was made, etc.;

iv. tell if the inventor worked alone or with others;

     v. tell if there are any museums or places named after your inventor.

YOUR GRADE WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE FOLLOWING:

* The overall presentation

* The use of your own words in the text;

* The spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure;

* The accuracy of the information;

* The creativity;

* If it is handed in on time.

INVENTORS

Ferdinand Zeppelin

Milton Hershey

REginald FEssenden

Ransom Olds

Elihu Thomson

Joshua Lionel Cowen

Willis Haviland Carrier

Conrad Hubert

Morris Michtom

Charles Taylor

Ole Evinrude

Arthur Scott

Jacques Brandengerger

Herbert Johnson

A.C. Gilbert

Gideon sundback

John Hays Hammond

Charles Pajeau

John Lloyd Wright

Charles Strite

Earle Dickson

William Potts

Donald Duncan

James Wright

Anthony E. Pratt

Percy LeBaron Spencer

Betty and Richard James

Earl Tupper

Bette Nesmith Graham

Noah and Joseph McVicker

Patsy Sherman and Sam  Smith

Narion Donovan

Norman Stringley

Ron Popeil

Art Fry and Spencer Silver

Erno Rubik

Xavier Roberts

Richard Frenkiel and Joel Engel

Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport

Albert J. Parkhouse

Binney and Smith

Marie Curie

Edouard Benedictus

Mary anderson

Leo Baekeland

Lawrence Luellen and Hugh Moore

George Cormack

Elmer Clime

Stephen Poplawski

Garret Morgan

Walter E. Diemer

Alexander Fleming

Sam Foster

Ruth Wakefield

Dick Drew

Ladislas and Georg Biro

Charles Darrow

George Nissen

Sylvan Goldman

Robert Adler

Edwin S. Lowe

Ruth Handler