Unuseless Inventions 2

WALT: Make connections between a text and the world we live in

Unuseless Inventions

Write down the name of five different �‘Unuseless Inventions’ from the text or video

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Unuseless Inventions - Evaluation

Choose 3 inventions

For each invention, use a new slide below. You need to:

• add a screen shot/image of the invention
• write the name of the invention
• explain the problem the invention was built to solve
• evaluate the invention - will it work in the real world? why? why not?

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Unuseless Invention 1

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Screen shot of

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Unuseless Invention 2

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Screen shot of

invention

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Unuseless Invention 3

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Screen shot of

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Your Turn!

Design your own ‘Chindogu’ invention

TIP: Take two everyday objects and join them together to make something new�Check out this video

• Give your invention name
• Describe the problem it will solve
• Explain what materials will be used and how the invention will work
• Draw a picture using GOOGLE DRAWING; if you use real items, take a photo �and include in your presentation

The Vege Car

Type in your answers after each question in blue on a new line

1. What does the vege car use instead of petrol?
2. Why did James nui decide to build the vege car?
3. Name the ‘nasty gases’ in petrol.
4. What is the problem with ‘nasty gases’?
5. What are the three reasons James wanted to drive his car from Bluff to Cape Reinga?
6. How many days did it take James and his son to finish their trip?
7. How far did the car travel?
8. Would you like to travel in a vege car? Why? Why not?