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Activity:
Groups will focus on innovations in the following fields: communication, transportation, medicine, sports, and games. They'll choose important inventions in that field and look at how these inventions have changed the way we live.
They'll consider how our world may change in this new century and what changes may require new inventions. Finally, they'll imagine new inventions for the future.
- Divide the class into four groups and assign each group one topic: communication, transportation, medicine, sports, and games. Tell students they will be looking at important inventions in each area, then imagining inventions
for this new century.
- Each group should use the related Web sites below to complete their assignment. First, they should review the inventions featured in the Web sites. Then have them choose five important or interesting inventions in that area.
For each invention, the group should write the answers to the following questions.
• In what ways do you think our world will change in this new century?
• How does it change the way we live? (How does it help people make their lives better, easier, healthier, or more enjoyable?)
- Then ask groups to break into pairs and talk about what kinds of inventions will be needed in the future. Have them consider the following questions
• What does this invention do?
• What new things will people need to be able to do?
- Have each pair imagine a completely new invention that would help meet the needs of the 21st century. They should give this invention a name, describe what it does, and how it will improve people's lives. Have students create
a poster with these facts and an illustration of their invention. Partners should present their posters to the class.
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