21St Century Inventions Activity

21st Century Inventions Activity

In this activity, you will be asked to research any 21st century (2000 and beyond) invention. This is designed to coordinate with the Age of American Inventions Unit we recently finished studying. You are to use the internet to research any 21st century invention and write a (minimum) one page description/summary of the product you chose. Here is a list of bullet points that sum up this activity:

-Your invention can be anything you find, or perhaps a development or improvement on an existing product. -In your summary, you should include who invented it, a detailed description of the invention, where it happened, when, how it benefits people and a picture if at all possible. Any other information including your opinion is welcome. Remember to use your own words!! -40 points class credit will be given -Be sure to include any and all websites you use at the end or your writing (citations). Otherwise, you will not be given any credit!

Some suggestions for where to find information:

*inventors.about.com (this website has a great inventions timeline. Also check out the links to Time magazine; some great information for this project) *Time magazine website *Popular Science website * Try Google “21st century inventions” – a number of choices will come up.