1. Miss Gegenheimer, Chicago Public Schools Invention Convention
Ms. Falwell, Irving Elementary School
February 5, 2014

2. Cycle of Inventing 1: Define a need or problem
2: Do background research
3: Brainstorm ways to solve the problem
4: Plan materials and design
5: Build prototype
6: Test prototype
7: Redesign and re-test as necessary
8: Present results and get feedback

3. 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?

4. What is a patent?

5. 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

6. What was the problem?

7. What was the problem?

8. What other problems could this invention solve?

9. What other problems could this invention solve?

10. What are other ways to solve this problem?

11. What are other ways to solve this problem?

12. What are other ways to solve this problem?

13. 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?

14. 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