African American Inventors

Scientists invent new materials so that they can...

• tell each other about them.

• invent things to solve problems.

• store the materials in their laboratories.

• do as many experiments as possible.

What is an inventor?

• A phone

• A person who makes new inventions

• A person who likes to bake

• A person who writes books

What is an invention?

• A meeting

• A new thing that someone has made

• A helicoptor

• A person that makes things

Which invention would you want to help you see better?

• potato chips

• eye glasses

• high heels

• chewing gum

Which invention would you want to eat if you're hungry?

• potato chips

• piggy bank

• high heels

• chewing gum

What is and invention?

• A purple horse.
• An idea.
• An idea, process , or device that was made to solve a problem.
• A problem.

Inventions make our lives: 

• awful
• easier
• harder
• first

We use inventions______________.

• Every Day
• Once a week
• Never
• Once a year

Who invented the ice cream scooper?

• Alfred Cralle

• Lyda Newman

• Garrett Morgan

______________________________ invented a new way to take care of African American women’s hair.

• Robert Fulton

• Madame C.J. Walker

• Margaret Knight

• Alexander Graham Bell