F3 - Inventions for our Future

Inventions for our Future

Unit 4

Form 3

Poll

Do you think teenagers are good inventors?

• yes

• no

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

What other activities does Eesha do?

• exercise

• dancing

• cooking

• plying games

Multiple Choice

What is the main technology of her invention?

• mobile technology

• robotic technology

• organic technology

• nano technology

Multiple Choice

Why did Eesha build the super battery charger?

• She just wants to

• She couldn't phone her parents one night

• It's her father's idea

Multiple Choice

Which university does she attend

• Harvard University, USA

• Hong Kong University, China

• Oxford University, UK

30-second phone charger

Eesha Khare

Eesha Khare was only 18 when she invented a tiny tool that charges a mobile phone in less than 30 seconds.

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Multiple Choice

Eesha Khare's invention __________.

• is smaller than a standard battery

• charges a mobile phone 10 times faster than other chargers

• can be used to charge a mobile phone many times

• makes mobile phones work more quickly

While a standard battery stops working after 1000 charges, you can use this tool to charge your phone 10000 times!

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Multiple Choice

Why did Param Jaggi start working on inventions?

• to build something to make him rich

• to be famous and important

• because he was bored

• to help the environment

Multiple Choice

Why is algae so important for helping the planet?

• it makes 70% of earth's oxygen

• it absorbs a lot of bad gas like CO2

• there is so much of it in the sea

• it grows so quickly

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What part of modern living does Param want to change the most?

• pollution from cars

• pollution in the sea

• food waste

• plastic and electronic waste

Algae Mobile

Param Jaggi

When he was 17, Param Jaggi invented the Algae Mobile. It uses algae to turn the carbon dioxide that comes out of a car into clean oxygen.

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In an interview, Jaggi said that he keeps a sketchbook at home and carries it with him all the time. Who knows when he will come up with other great inventions?

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Multiple Choice

Param Jaggi uses his sketchbook to __________.

• answer the interviewer's questions

• write down any new ideas he can think of

• write down information about algae

• draw what he sees everyday

Medical Rucksack

Kylie Simonds

Kylie Simonds had cancer when she was eight. During her treatment, she had difficulty walking around with a heavy drip stand.

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This experience led her to invent a light and portable rucksack. She thought that cancer patients should be able to move around easily while receiving medicine.

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Multiple Choice

What does "This experience" (the highlighted text on the previous slide) refer to?

• Recovering from cancer

• Getting cancer at a young age

• Going through cancer treatment

• Moving around with a drip stand

She is raising funds to bring this life-changing invention to other children with cancer.

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Multiple Choice

This paragraph about Kylie Simonds tells the reader__________.

• why Kylie and other cancer patients need money

• why Kylie had cancer

• how Kylie's invention could help children with cancer

• what Kylie thought about cancer

An opinion essay

Choosing a position and writing about it

Technology: for better or for worse?



This is the title of the essay.

Why do you think it is a question?

Technology is changing our lives. I believe it does more good than harm.

The writer has stated his main opinion. He will now think of three good reasons for his opinion.

^{Topic Sentence} Firstly, technology helps solve our problems and cure diseases. ^{Detail-Examples} For example, medicines have been discovered to cure cancers, babies who are born deaf get to hear their mum's voice, and the disabled can walk with the help of robots. ^Extra We can even print body parts with 3-D printers.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are given as examples of how technology helps us solve our problems from the above slide. (Choose two statements)

• The deaf can now hear with a hearing aid.

• 3-D printers help save the environment.

• Robots help the disabled do the household chores.

• Many cancer patients were cured by new medicine.

^{Topic Sentence}Secondly, technology can bring people closer together. ^{Detail- Explaining} People from different countries stay connected with email and social media. Sometimes technology can even save us from danger.

^{Detail - A clear Example} A Hong Kong female singer travelling in Dubai took a photo of some strangers who got in her car, and uploaded it onto her social networking site. She told the strangers that people from all over the world were looking at the photo. At last, the strangers got out of the car and did not harm her.

Multiple Choice

According to the above slide, the female singer from Hong Kong __________.

• had an accident in Dubai

• made some online friends

• gave some strangers a ride in Dubai

• was saved by technology

^{Topic sentence} Technology is also useful in education. ^{Detail - Explain} It allows students to get information on the internet for free. ^{Detail - Example} According to a survey, 90% of the teachers interviewed love to share multimedia resources online and encourage student to learn on their own.

Multiple Select

What is good about online learning? (Choose two)

• encourages students to learn online

• students can learn by themselves

• teachers like using multi-media

• students can play games at the same time

• information is free

^{Stating opinion again} In conclusion, technology is good for society. ^{Summary of main ideas} It improves our lives and communication, and has created a new way of learning.

Multiple Choice

The writer thinks that technology...

• affects our lives in a negative way

• affects our lives in a positive way

• does not have any disadvantages

• does not have any advantages