HMH, KIDS DISCOVER: AMAZING INVENTIONS

AMAZING INVENTIONS

TODAY, WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON TRUE AND FALSE STATEMENTS.

IN ORDER FOR A STATEMENT TO BE TRUE, ALL THE COMPONENTS HAVE TO BE CORRECT.

IF NOT, THEN THE STATEMENT IS FALSE/UNTRUE.

In the statement, A patent, is a list of inventions created by one person, the answer is false, because a patent is not a list.

In order to make this statement true, A patent, is a list of inventions created by one person, the correct wording would be, A patent, is legal recognition of a new idea or invention that belongs to the owner.

GET READY!

Have your magazines out and turn to page 3. Your turn is up next.

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE:

Thomas Edison dreamed up much of the technology we use today.

• TRUE

• FALSE

That statement was true, if you look on page two you will see the following quote, "Much of the technology we use today was dreamed up by Thomas Edison."

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE:

Thomas Edison received more patents in his lifetime, than any other person in history!

• TRUE

• FALSE

That statement was also true, if you look on page three you will see the following quote, "For his work, Edison received more patents than any other person in history."

TRY ONE MORE!

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE:

The owner of a patent cannot rent or sell their idea to other people or companies.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How can we make the following statement, "The owner of a patent cannot rent or sell their idea to other people or companies," true?

Let's read page four and five in our magazines.

After we read, be prepared to create a True or False statement on the next slide.

Open Ended

Let's create as many True/False statements as we can. You will have ten minutes, but we can always move ahead earlier if we are ready.

1. You can create statements that are true.

2. Or you can create statements that are false. It's up to you.

REMEMBER

IN ORDER FOR A STATEMENT TO BE TRUE, ALL THE COMPONENTS HAVE TO BE CORRECT.

IF NOT, THEN THE STATEMENT IS FALSE/UNTRUE.