For this project, we took inspiration from the crowd-funding website Kickstarter, which is a website where you can find and invest in interesting inventions. The kids have to brainstrom and think of an invention, provide a description for their invention and instructions on how to use it. Then they will do a presentation, presenting their invention to the class as an entrepenuer might present it to potential investors. This project gives the kids a great opportunity to think creatively about new and innovative ways to make life easier via inventions. They learn vocabulary related to mechanical devices (switch, lever etc) and they practice their public speaking skills through the presentation.
For this project, we took inspiration from the crowd-funding website Kickstarter, which is a website where you can find and invest in interesting inventions. The kids have to brainstrom and think of an invention, provide a description for their invention and instructions on how to use it. Then they will do a presentation, presenting their invention to the class as an entrepenuer might present it to potential investors. This project gives the kids a great opportunity to think creatively about new and innovative ways to make life easier via inventions. They learn vocabulary related to mechanical devices (switch, lever etc) and they practice their public speaking skills through the presentation.
