Inventors' Workshop

Yesterday, we reached the grand finale of our Inventors topic. We had spent the week designing and writing about our inventions and it was finally time to make the prototypes.

Here we are hard at work inventing (and pictures of just a few of the fabulous final creations):

Animoto Invention Adverts

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This week, St. Clare's Class has become an inventors' workshop! We found out about the inventing process, then mind-mapped some problems that we could solve before designing our own inventions. Everyone created a detailed diagram of their invention and annotated it with  information and materials. Next, we each wrote a 'patent application' for our designs.

Yesterday, we used Animoto to create these fantastic adverts for our inventions. Click on each link to see each advert.

By Max

Joseph: https://animoto.com/play/nGDm07EhtzctLFFpOww1bQ 

Ryan: https://animoto.com/play/VG2jJSlev2HSceMKAmeOWA

Ferdia: https://animoto.com/play/zAn9j34rWLIi8lNedNtrIQ

Jane: https://animoto.com/play/h212btGpdRd310ajoFyM9g

Ethan: https://animoto.com/play/1skUexHeLS6IIPAC1d4PKw

Saulo: https://animoto.com/play/smh3Q2AGKGta2tYrZtedpg

Daniel: https://animoto.com/play/Uw4Dc5lB70bUzH3Czz1rmA

Thirsa: https://animoto.com/play/6gESofJj8Hw4ozrrs6FG7w

Evan: https://animoto.com/play/Z6ysDE350vpAnrCemlJxLw

Beatrice: https://animoto.com/play/W9lya4HzSgfnfc9Vtg856g

Yasmin: https://animoto.com/play/EhbjhJddWgQgcw6How10cQ

Sofia: https://animoto.com/play/bNEXZyyZBkhXq1JhOjOFoA

Millie: https://animoto.com/play/x8kPCQH257Q16uX83DdfwQ

Callum: https://animoto.com/play/c9fOhL2ArmmEwVXcTMdZbQ

Aisling: https://animoto.com/play/erkJAA0mc9tHs8GpkzWyPw

Jayden: https://animoto.com/play/0H0Xp4TgOUgznrrlqn2ebw

Klara: https://animoto.com/play/2cttnkDLO45V1tcWHskn1g

Samuel: https://animoto.com/play/n3YEoun3b66D3Mmx6kkt3Q

Gabriel: https://animoto.com/play/0WeL0ngcZJTofhh3DMv4Tw

Cecille: https://animoto.com/play/xZGQ3BVirpu7b88r1qgTPw

Benny: https://animoto.com/play/xSTljphZlRVLVhxxYH8fSA

Kit: https://animoto.com/play/3Qwg6BDDldFfLTBqxigaWg

Aurora: https://animoto.com/play/lmeITMkAUhrbh9QqijoKig

This afternoon, we'll be making the prototype models for our inventions! Photos to come soon!

Homework Help!

Source: kidsinventionsday

This week for your homework, you need to research a famous inventor. You can present your research however you wish- you could write a report, make a Powerpoint presentation, make a video or song, create a poster or model... Use your imagination!

Remember, you msut avoid plagiarism! You cannot copy (or copy and paste) information exactly as you find it in a book or on the internet. You MUST write your research into your own words, just like we do with Genius Time. We will always be able to spot copied information!

Here are some links that you might find useful:

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/li/List_of_inventors

http://stclareclass.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/leonardo-da-vinci.html

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

A Very Strange Delivery...

On Friday, we received a special audio message from an inventor called Professor Templeton. He told us that he had sent us an important invention of his for us to test, but that we must keep it safe, as it was under threat from a saboteur.

The parcel arrived, airmail from the U.S.A. just before play. It was in a very heavy sealed box and was labelled 'FRAGILE'.

We wrote emails to the professor, to reassure him that his invention was in safe hands and ask him some questions to gather more information about the delivery and the mysterious saboteur.

However... on our return to class after play, we found that the box had been destroyed and the invention was gone! We came up with many theories about what might have happened and how a saboteur could possibly have got to the invention.

Next week, we hope to find out more and hear more from Professor Templeton. We don't think he's going to be very pleased to hear about the disappearance of his precious invention!

Ingenious Inventions!

This week, St. Clare's classroom has become an inventors' workshop! We each thought of an invention that would solve a real-life problem, then drew it and annotated our diagrams in detail. We then wrote some excellent explanations about our inventions and how they work. Today, we made our prototypes! We decided that we did not need to use the real materials for our inventions, or make them full-size, but instead made smaller models to demonstrate how they would look and how they would work.

Here are some fantastic examples of our prototypes. Can you guess what each invention does?

Superstar Writers!

Source: biography.com

Last week, we learned all about George Washington Carver and Doctor James West. We decided that they were fantastic scientists and role models and that therefore they should be represented in London's Science Museum. We wrote some persuasive letters to the Science Museum to convince them to put on an exhibition about either George Washington Carver or Doctor James West.

Here are some wonderful examples; remember to click on the pictures to make them larger and easier to read:

By Francis

By D

By Harry

Leonardo Da Vinci

Today you were given your homework challenges for the next three weeks. You will be researching the inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci!

Here are some useful links, which might help with the three sections of your challenge. Remember our e-safety lesson- do not go to any other websites without the permission of an adult and close the window and tell an adult if you see anything inappropriate.

DO NOT simply copy information from Wikipedia, or any other site! Put what you have found into your own words, so that we can see what you have understood.

Watch this video from the BBC; Dick and Dom discover the scientific work of Leonardo Da Vinci:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/ztmqxnb

http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/leonardo_da_vinci.php