InventorsandinventionsUnit3ObjectiveTolearnthedifferencebetweenadiscoveryandaninvention.DoyouknowwhatarethefourinventionsinancientChina?Whataretheyfamousfor?NewtongravitydiscoveredBenjaminFranklinAlightningflashiselectricity.discoveredStephensonthetraininventedradiumMadameCuriediscoveredZhangHengtheseismograph地动仪inventedHowmuchdoyouknowabouttheinventorsandtheinventions?Let’shaveaquiz.1.____isn’tThomasEdison’sinvention.A.Thelong-lasting,practicalelectriclightbulbB.Thephonograph(留声机)C.Thepractical,publiclydemonstratedtelevisionsystem2._____iscalled“FatherofCar”.A.RudolfDieselB.KarlBenzC.ThomasEdison3.______iscalled“FatherofDynamite(炸药)”.A.AlfredNobelB.AlbertEinsteinC.AlexanderBell4.Marconi(马可尼)inventedthe_____intheworld.A.TVB.longdistanceradiotransmissionC.typewriter5.____inventedthefirstairplane.A.WrightBrothersB.HenryFordC.BenjaminFranklinLookatthepictures.Whatinventionscanyouthinkof?CreativeEducationHard-workingPracticalskillsDeterminationPatience…Howtobeagoodinventor?Whatqualitiesdothesesuccessfulpeoplehave?Howeverharditis,theynevergiveup.DiscussionNEVERGIVEUPIknowyou’regoingtomakeit.Itmaytaketimeandhardwork.Youmaybecomefrustrated,Andattimesyou’llfeellikegivingup.SometimesyoumayevenwonderIfit’sreallyworthit.ButIhaveconfidenceinyou,AndIknowyou’llmakeit,ifyoutry.Discussinpairswhichpicturesbelowshowinventionsandwhichshowdiscoveries.AnamphibiouscarStephenson’s“Rocket”DNAAnamphibiouscar(2003)Thisisthefirstcarthatcantravelsafelyonwaterandonland.Whenmovingonwater,thewheelsofthecarturnsidewaysandmoveintothebody.Theunderneathofthecarisstrongenoughtosailasaboat.Itisaprototypeandisnotyetbeingproducedforsale.Thisisaninterestingmoderninvention.Stephenson’s“Rocket”(1781-1848)GeorgeStephensonwasoneofthefirstmentodesignenginesfortherailwayswhichwerenewatthattime.OneofthefirsttrackstobelaidwasbetweenStocktonandDarlington.Stephensonwasoneofthefirstrailwayengineersandin1825hedrovethefirsttrainalongtheline.In1829camehistriumph.ThestructureofDNAThiswasadiscoveryofFrancisCrickandJamesWatsonandpublishedin1953.ThesetwoscientistswerethefirsttoshowthatourgenesconsistoftwospiralsofDNA(calledthedouble-helix).Thisworkleddirectlytothehumangenomeprojectin2003,whichdiscoveredthestructureofDNA.aninventionadiscoveryuniversalgravitationtheelectricbulbCompare:aninventionoradiscoveryAninventionis____________________________________.Adiscoveryis___________________________________________________________.alreadyexistinginnaturebutnotyetknownfindingoutsomethingnotexistingbeforecreatingsomethingWhat’stheconnectionbetweendiscoveryandinvention?Discoveriesoftenleadtoinventions.Workouttworules:DiscoveriesInventions1Electricity1Systemsofdeliveringelectricallightandheatingtohomesandoffices2Householdmachinesforwashing,ironing,keepingfoodcold,etc3Computers,telephones,television,etcHerearesomeexamples.DiscoveriesInventions2Themovementofair1Airplanejetengines2Airballoons,etcMachinestohelppeoplewithseriousdisease(likekidneyfailure)3Thecirculationoftheblood4X-rays1Bodyscannerstoseewhetheryouareill2Machinestotreatillnesses(likecancer)Inpairsdiscussanymoderninventionsthatyouknow.Describethemtoyourpartnerandexplainhowtheychangedpeople'slives.Inpairsdiscussanymoderninventionsthatyouknow.Describethemtoyourpartnerandexplainhowtheychangedpeople'slives.Whataretheimportantinventionsofthe20thcentury?...
