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<ul><li><p> Chatterbooks Activity Pack Inventions and discoveries </p><p> Reading and activity ideas for your Chatterbooks group </p></li><li><p>Page 2 of 19 </p><p>Inventions and discoveries Think of the wheel, ships, aeroplanes, TV, the Internet and crisps, coffee machines and zip fasteners, toilets and microwaves! This Chatterbooks activity pack is full of reading ideas and activities about inventions and discoveries how they came about, how they work, and the differences they make to peoples lives. Here youll find an inspiring mix of informative and fun non-fiction titles, and sparkling and imaginative picture books and fiction, about inventions and inventiveness - some real and some which could yet happen! The pack is brought to you by The Reading Agency and their publisher partnership Childrens Reading Partners. Chatterbooks ( is a reading group programme for children aged 4 to 14 years. It is coordinated by The Reading Agency and its patron is author Dame Jacqueline Wilson. Chatterbooks groups run in libraries and schools, supporting and inspiring childrens literacy development by encouraging them to have a really good time reading and talking about books. The Reading Agency is an independent charity working to inspire more people to read more through programmes for adults, young people and Children including the Summer Reading Challenge, and Chatterbooks. See Childrens Reading Partners is a national partnership of childrens publishers and libraries working together to bring reading promotions and author events to as many children and young people as possible. </p><p>Contents </p><p>3 Inventions and discoveries: Ideas for discussion and activities Warm up 6 Things to talk about 7 Longer activities 9 Inventions and discoveries: the books Non-Fiction 11 Inventions and discoveries: the books Picture books 13 Inventions and discoveries: the books Fiction 18 More reading suggestions </p><p></p></li><li><p>Page 3 of 19 </p><p>Ideas for discussion and activities Get together a collection of books about inventions - fiction, non-fiction and picture books. And have sheets of flip-chart paper for collecting peoples ideas and answers in discussions. </p><p>Warm ups Inventors and discoverers: Wordsearch Here are the names of some famous and not so famous inventors and discoverers, and the things they discovered. Look for them in the squares - across, down, up, and from right to left. When youve found them, match up each inventor to the invention with which they are associated. Then talk together about what you know of each of them and their inventions and find out more about them. Your group could make an Inventions Fact File. See below for a page template. ALEXANDER FLEMING THOMAS EDISON MARIE CURIE LOUIS BRAILLE ADA LOVELACE MARCONI COMPUTER PROGRAMS LIGHT BULB RADIUM BRAILLE ALPHABET PENICILLIN RADIO C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M S Y P V X V E Q B C X A S F Z V Q L O U I S B R A I L L E J X K P B M N B X A Q X J X Z V G W X F S F O D W H F M P V Q J F B G A W X S X K P X A F Q Z V X J D G N I M E L F R E D N A X E L A X F D Q X A Z C J Q W Z V F M L R X E K J E X O I D A R X C H O A Q S V F L G N J F P X J B G V D W A V X L Z I Q V X U F Z K E </p><p>I V M A R I E C U R I E Z G J L U P O V X A J Z Q J X P Q X G A M E H K Q R F J G X S Z W J V C Z Q T W F B L U B T H G I L Z E P E N I C I L L I N Z G X Q W J </p></li><li><p>Page 4 of 19 </p><p> Chatterbooks INVENTIONS Fact File: </p><p>Name of invention </p><p>Inventor </p><p>Date invented </p><p>Picture </p><p>How it works </p></li><li><p>Page 5 of 19 </p><p>Who invented what? Match each inventor/discoverer to their invention or discovery! LEONARDO DA VINCI Blue jeans </p><p> LEVI STRAUSS Morse code </p><p> MELITTA BENTZ Television </p><p> JOHANNES GUTENBERG Designs for a flying machine </p><p> JOHN LOGIE BAIRD Telephone </p><p> LASZLO BIRO Cornflakes </p><p> ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Biro </p><p> SAMUEL MORSE Coffee filter </p><p> WILL KELLOGG Printing press </p></li><li><p>Page 6 of 19 </p><p>Guess the invention! What </p><p>am I? </p><p>1. I was invented in China in 1498 made from pig bristles and a piece of bone or bamboo. Would this get your teeth on edge?! </p><p>2.Using me you can easily fasten up your jackets and jeans. 3.With me you use up less water than when you have a bath. </p><p>4.Im very handy for opening a bottle of wine. 5.We were invented in the 13th century to get a better view people had to balance us on the bridge of their nose. </p><p>6.I pop up for your breakfast. </p><p>7.You can wear me to breathe easily underwater </p><p>8.Im usually little and square and yellow: stick me wherever you like to keep you reminded about things! </p><p>Things to talk about What is an invention? How do inventions come about? Below are some dictionary definitions to get your discussion going on a flip chart make a list of all the inventions and discoveries that your group can think of. Talk about how a number of these are the result of one persons idea then being developed and improved by someone else Then vote for the invention which people think has been most useful for the world. An invention can be </p><p>o a new device, method or process, developed from study and experimentation o a discovery o creativity, for example in making up a story o something that has never been made before </p><p> Have you ever invented something? Maybe a simple gadget or device to make something easier like putting a box at the bottom of the stairs where you gather things that need to be taken upstairs? Tell each other about your inventions and any new ideas youre thinking about and activities or problems which need an invention to sort them out! </p></li><li><p>Page 7 of 19 </p><p>Longer activities Invent a machine which will </p><p> Look at your groups list of things which might be helped by an invention (see Things to talk about above) and choose one for this challenge. </p><p> Challenge your group as a team to brainstorm and design an invention which will meet the need first of all draw a plan together of how it might work. </p><p> Provide a mix of craft and scrap materials e.g. cardboard boxes, tubes, modelling dough, buttons, pipe cleaners, paper, string, Sellotape, parcel tape, plastic bottles, yoghurt pots and anything else you can usefully offer which might help them meet their design brief. In addition ask people to bring in anything they can contribute which would be useful. </p><p> Make your invention! </p><p> And put together a presentation to explain how it works! People could do this in pairs, or individually, if preferred. A variation on this challenge is to give your group a pile of craft materials as above, and challenge them to create any invention they can think of, using those materials. Create a recipe for a magic invention </p><p>In several of the stories featured in this pack the inventions have an element of magic. In A Pocket Full of Murder (by R.J Anderson) Isaveth, the heroine, bakes spell tablets which will produce light or fire. In her recipe she uses flour, binding powder and a magical herb called magewort. She </p><p>then puts one tray of tablets outside to soak up sunlight, and another in the oven to absorb heat. When baked the tablets will release heat or light as needed. Get your group to think up their own magical recipe: it could be tablets, biscuits, a cake, or a potion. </p><p> What would it do? Make things bigger/smaller? Make you happy? Give a special skill? </p><p> What ingredients would you use? These could be a mix of real-life ingredients and ones you invent. (Look at the ingredients in Ikes Incredible Ink (by Brianne Farley). </p><p> How would you put them together? </p><p> How would your tablets/cake/potion work? Penzance Chatterbooks group came up with this activity, creating magical recipes to give X-ray powers, invisibility, and people-control! </p></li><li><p>Page 8 of 19 </p><p>Make up a story We are inventors when we make up a story! Challenge your group: ask them each to make up a story in 100 words on anything they like, and then share their story with the rest of the group. Or agree on a title which you all write about how about A Day in the Life of an Inventor? It could be a 3rd person narrative, or a 1st person account maybe in the form of a blog or diary entry. Invention facts to tell your friends! especially about women inventors </p><p> Mary Anderson invented windscreen wipers: she received a patent* for her car-window cleaning device in 1903. Imagine a building material that is indestructible, fire-proof and non-toxic. Sounds like something you'd find in a work of science fiction, but actually it's a very-real invention called Geobond, designed by inventor Patricia Billings. </p><p>The crisp bag was invented by crisp factory owner Laura Scudder in 1926 she made bags out of wax paper, sealed with a hot iron. Josephine Cochran patented her dishwasher invention in 1886. It worked by squirting hot soapy water, heated in a boiler, at the dishes, which were held in a wire rack.. Then it rinsed them with clean water. *A patent is a grant made by a government which gives the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use and sell their invention for a set period of time usually 20 years. No-one else can then copy it or claim it is theirs. For some more inventions by women (e.g. worm tablets!) see Marcia Williams book Three Cheers for Inventors! especially the chapter Extra Loud Cheer for Women Inventors. </p></li><li><p>Page 9 of 19 </p><p>Inventions and discoveries the books Non-fiction </p><p> 100 Inventions That Made History DK 978-1409340980 Take a look at the trailblazing inventions that have advanced technology and </p><p>transformed the way we live, as well as the gadgets and gizmos we couldnt </p><p>live without! Each profile explores key inventions in depth, while gallery </p><p>spreads bring together the major inventions in a particular area e.g. On the </p><p>Move; Getting Connected; Medical Marvels. And the inventions are put into </p><p>historical context with It couldnt have been done without and It paved </p><p>the way for panels. Have a look at the sections Total turkeys ( 1896 a self-raising hat, and </p><p>the 1982 Advanced Passenger Train!) and Fantastic future (inventors are currently working on a </p><p>toothphone, and how to make people invisible!) </p><p>The Story of Inventions Anna Claybourne &amp; Adam Larkum Usborne 978-1409555551 From toilets, bread and blue jeans to aeroplanes, microwaves and computers, </p><p>this very readable book explains how, when and why the ingenious inventions </p><p>that surround us were created. Humorous illustrations by Adam Larkum show </p><p>how the inventions work. Anna Claybourne is the author of numerous books for younger readers. She writes on almost any subject but specializes in science and nature, including </p><p>100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet. She has travelled widely, and she currently lives in Edinburgh. </p><p>See Inside Inventions Alex Frith and Colin King Usborne 978-1409532729 This title tells the wonderful, mysterious and often funny stories behind famous inventions. Flaps reveal the hidden workings inside inventions, and text explains the differences between discovery, invention and innovation, and how these three aspects unite. </p><p>Author of the Big Book of Big Dinosaurs, Alex Frith has been writing Usborne books since 2005, covering every subject you can think of, from chemistry to submarines to the human brain. His favourite dinosaur is the pachycephalosaurus. In the same series: </p><p>See Inside How Things Work Conrad Mason &amp; Colin King Usborne 978-0746098516 His book gives lots of information on the dynamics of inventions, such as getting going, waterworks, floating and flying and on everyday inventions like the hairdryer, toaster, and can opener. </p></li><li><p>Page 10 of 19 </p><p>Inventions: A History of Key Inventions That Changed the World Adam Hart-Davis &amp; Nishant Choksi Walker 978-1406315004 Why did the pencil came into existence, how does a steam engine works, when </p><p>did we start using flushing toilets? Based on seven key areas of invention, here </p><p>are the stories behind steam power, lighting, toilets, clocks, communication, </p><p>bikes and flight. </p><p>Adam Hart-Davis has worked on and presented several TV series including Tomorrow's World, and </p><p>What the Victorians Did for Us. He is an expert on inventions - and lives in the West of England. </p><p>Nishant Choksi is a Brighton-based illustrator who has created artworks for several newspapers. </p><p>His children's books include the Really, Really Big Questions series. </p><p> The Story of Things Neal Layton Hodder 978-0340945322 Starting with early humans who have no things, through to the world </p><p>we live in now, this book explores ideas, inventions and discoveries, in a </p><p>quirky and accessible style, with energetic illustrations. </p><p>Neal Layton has illustrated more than 80 titles, working with authors </p><p>such as Michael Rosen and Cressida Cowell. He also writes his own books including the pop-up </p><p>book The Story of Everything and the Mammoth Academy series. He lives in Portsmouth. </p><p>Three Cheers for Inventors! Marcia Williams Walker 978-1406301717 Dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, this book is full of bright cartoon-strip illustrations and short biographies, looking at the discoveries of many famous and not so famous inventors from around the world, including Leonardo da Vinci, Antonio Meucci, Alexander Graham Bell, John Logie Baird, Thomas Edison, James Watt and many of their predecessors. Marcia Williams, with her distinctive cartoon-strip style, has now illustrated </p><p>and retold many literary classics for children including Greek Myths and Mr William Shakespeares Plays. Marcia lives in Barnes, London. </p><p>Get Coding! Young Rewired State Walker 978-1406366846 Invention and discovery in the 21st century: learn how to write code and then build your own website, app and game using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. In 6 fun missions learn the basic concepts of coding or computer programming and in bite-size chunks learn important real-life coding skills. Young Rewired State is a global community that aims to get kids coding and </p><p>turn them into the technology stars of the future. </p></li><li><p>Page 11 of 19 </p><p>Picture Books </p><p>Those Magnificent Sheep in Their Flying Machines Peter Bently &amp; David Roberts Andersen 978-1783441587 The sheep on the hillside were munching away, Much as they always did, day after day, When suddenly something went ZOOM! Overhead. Lets go and see what it is! they all said. </p><p>And so begins a ripping, round-the-world adventure as the sheep take to skies in a magnificent yellow flying machine Find out about early aeroplanes and air races look up the Wright Brothers (1903) and the Daily Mail 1910 aviation races. </p><p>Bruno and Titch Sheena Dempsey Walker 978-1406336160 This tale of a boy and his guinea pig offers a contemporary and comical take on new pets and new frie...</p></li></ul>