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Peer reviewedMcShane, Joan Braunagel – Science and Children, 1997
Reports on the winning tool creations by 1,300 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in the 1997 Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program. Students had to use mechanical and science process skills to design and build tools to meet their needs in solving a problem. The winning entry was a calibrated angle and depth scissors. (AIM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Inventions
Peer reviewedChurchman, Kris – Science and Children, 2002
Explains how students can be guided to model the invention process using potatoes. Details the steps and the materials used in the modeling, including the phases of the invention process. Presents this activity as preparation for the Invent America program. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Educational Strategies
