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Miss Gegenheimer , Chicago Public Schools Invention Convention Ms. Falwell , Irving Elementary School February 5, 2014. Cycle of Inventing. Global Cycle Solutions – Bernard Kiwia , Inventor. What was Bernard’s problem? How did Bernard test his invention?
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Miss Gegenheimer, Chicago Public Schools Invention Convention Ms. Falwell, Irving Elementary School February 5, 2014
Global Cycle Solutions – Bernard Kiwia, Inventor • What was Bernard’s problem? • How did Bernard test his invention? • What other parts of the invention cycle did you see in the video?
What is a patent? • “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” your invention • Valid for 20 years from the date of the patent application • Every country has its own system
Activity 1: How else can we use this invention? • Split up into small groups • Pass an object around the group • When the object gets to you, name a different way to use the object (other than what it was invented for!) Discussion • What was your object? • What problem does it solve in everyday life? • How could you improve this invention?
Activity 2: Invention Charades • Split up into small groups • Pass a charades card to each person • Go around the circle and have each person act out his/her invention, with the rest of the group guessing what the invention is