Internet Scavenger Hunt
Created by Suzanne Gaddis, Technology Mentor
Clear Fork Elementary, Lockhart, TX
INTRODUCTION
Oh no, you just dropped the jar
of peanut butter on the floor and it splattered everywhere. You bend
down to clean up the mess and realize you need another towel and when you
reach up to the counter to get it you accidentally knock your chocolate
candy bar on the floor too! Man, what a mess. You really wanted
both of these snacks. You decide that instead of throwing it all
away you may as well enjoy some of it so you take a bite--peanut butter
and chocolate--kinda tasty together and voila, a new candy bar has been
invented. Instead of just making a mess on the kitchen floor you
have provided the world with their favorite snack!
TASK
Learn about inventions that were
discovered by mistake.
PROCESS & EVALUATION
What do I do:
Answer the questions below using the Internet Resources.
Prepare a slide show presentation showing your findings.
QUESTIONS
How was the Slinky developed?
How did the snack "Cracker Jack" get
its name?
Why was the ice cream soda renamed
Sundae?
What was being repaired when the process
for fingerprinting was discovered?
We think of kites being a toy used
for child's play but in earlier times they had other uses--list three other
uses of kites.
Qwerty--What was the purpose behind
this arrangement of keys on the keyboard?
What was Silly Putty originally invented
for?
INTERNET RESOURCES
Slinky Cracker
Jack Ice
Cream Soda Fingerprinting Child's
Play Qwerty Silly
Putty SUMMARY
An invention is any new thing that
makes something faster, easier, more powerful, more efficient, more attractive,
more accurate, more fun, or more productive--in short, just plain better.
Would you like to be an inventor?
Email Suzanne
Gaddis, Technology Mentor
Clear Fork Elementary, Lockhart, TX
Last updated April 26, 2001
