Invention and Innovation

What symbol is often associated with the idea of inventions and innovation?

• a camel

• a lightbulb

• a door

• a bird

Idioms: It is commonly said the ___________ is the mother of invention.

• comfort

• rainy weather

• financial security

• necessity

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CCSS.L.5.5B

Idiom: It is commonly said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% _____________.

• deodorant

• comfort

• perspiration

• respiration

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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What is the best definition for invention?

• the creation of something new

• the creation of something old

• the creation of the wheel

• the creation of something useful

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the best definition for innovation?

• the creation of something new

• the improvement of something that already exists

• the creation of something old

• changing something that does not yet exist

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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CCSS.RI.7.5

Who are famous inventors? Select all that apply.

• Thomas Edison

• Orville and Wilbur Wright (the Wright brothers)

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Alexander Graham Bell

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CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Is the iPhone X an invention or innovation?

• innovation

• invention

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Was the first iPhone an invention or an innovation?

• innovation

• invention