1.+Invention,+Innovation,+Interactions+Project

**   ** __Your Goal:__ You will be given a topic in one of four categories: Medicine, Energy, The Arts, or Architecture. Your job will be to trace the evolution of the object or idea. What came first? Who was instrumental in inventing, changing, or designing it? Why? What was happening in the world that made it possible? Did they do it on purpose? Accidentally? How did it change the world? **     
 *   __Our goal:__ To help you understand that few inventors or innovators work in isolation. One innovation leads to another, which leads to something else.

Basics: ** You must have at least four steps with your innovation. You must have at least four humans involved in your innovation. One step must have occurred in the 21st Century  **Innovators: ** You will be given a very basic form to fill out for each innovator. You do not have to write a report about the person. You will, of course, have to read about each. You will share information about birth, education, death, and at least five and no more than eight interesting facts about the person. **Innovations: ** You will write three to five paragraphs about each innovation. They will include a description, what was happening historically, and why it was important. You are first going to write these, then you will post them on a theme “wiki” that we will be able to share with parents. **Other: ** You will also have to create a chart or a diagram that will illustrate each step you have chosen. This will be done at the end of the project.
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**Innovator Information:** **Innovation Information:**
 * Birth:**  Where and when?
 * Education: ** Where and when?
 * Interesting facts** : This is where you share events, items, or information that will make your readers really want to learn more about your person. You should have at least five facts, but no more than eight.

 ·  3-5 paragraphs  ·  One or two descriptive paragraphs. What was it? What did it look like? How did it work? (This should be a simple description, one that you and your readers will understand.)  ·  What was happening in the world or with the innovator that led to the invention or innovation?  ·  Why was this important? What was the effect? How did it change things?