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    Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT


    "I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun." Thomas A. Edison, holder of U.S. patents for 1,093 inventions

    Want to get started on your own invention? This tool kit is packed with ways to spark your creativity. When you have ideas, sketch them in the blank pages at the back.

    THIS BELONGS TO _________________________________________________________________

    "I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done." Marie Curie, scientist and Nobel Prize winner

    The man who stopped traffic


    In the early 20th century, horse-drawn carriages and automobiles shared streets with pedestrians, which made streets dangerous. One day Garrett A. Morgan saw a car accident and asked himself how it could have been prevented. His answer? A traffic signal. Do you have an invention that could make people safer? Sketch it in the back of this book.

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT

    "I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station." George Washington Carver, inventor

    An idea that stuck


    In the early 1940s, the Swiss engineer George de Mestral went hunting with his dog through the mountains. When he returned home, his clothes and his dog's fur were covered in small burrs. He wondered how the burrs stayed attached, so he looked at them under a microscope and found that the burrs were covered with tiny hooks. Inspired by the burrs, de Mestral invented an amazing hook-andloop fastener that now goes by the brand name Velcro. Has a plant or animal ever given you an idea for a new product? Visit our Inventor's Gallery at inventnow.org and tell us about your idea!

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT

    "Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds." Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone

    Once upon a time, before text messages


    Though Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he couldn't have done it without his loyal assistant, to whom he made the first phone call. Friends can help you think of new inventions. To meet other young inventors and share your ideas, visit the Inventor's Gallery at inventnow.org.

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT

    "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Teddy Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President

    Time for recess!


    Great inventors know that fun helps them stay creative. So when Einstein wasn't solving the mysteries of the universe, he made time for his favorite hobby, sailing. The next time you're having trouble thinking of an idea, rest your brain and go play. Ideas come when you least expect them!

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT

    "Eureka! I have found it." Archimedes, ancient Greek inventor after an accidental discovery

    Kids with vision


    Four hundred years ago in a small Dutch town, two children were playing with lenses in a shop and found that they could see better when they looked through one lens in front of another. The kids told the shop's owner about it, inspiring him to create the telescope. The next time a happy accident gives you an idea, sketch it in the back of this book.

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT

    "Learning never exhausts the mind." Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance scientist, artist and inventor

    Learning new things helps spark creativity. Check out these fun facts!
    DID YOU KNOW? At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse. A human sneeze can travel at 120 miles per hour. Forty is the only number with its letters in alphabetical order. A jumbo jet is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight. Houseflies hum in the key of F. A honeybee travels about 43,000 miles to gather one pound of honey. A golf ball has 336 dimples. Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln. The first hockey puck ever used was a frozen piece of cow poop. The earliest surviving yo-yo dates to 500 BC. Did you learn something else that's interesting today? Maybe it will give you an idea for an invention!

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT

    "If birds can glide for long periods of time, then...why can't I?" Orville Wright, coinventor of the airplane

    Dream it, build it


    Have you ever had a dream where you could fly? How about one where you could breathe underwater or jump over buildings? When you're dreaming, you can go anywhere and do anything. Keep a notebook and pen beside your bed and write down your dreams when you wake up. Then turn your amazing dreams into real inventions!

    INVENTOR'S TOOL KIT

    "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." Albert Einstein, creator of the theory of relativity

    Sharpen your pencil and open your mind


    Before you can actually make your invention, you'll need to try out a bunch of different ways to make it work. The early designs of inventions are called prototypes. Inventors make a bunch of prototypes before they have a final version of their creation. Use the back pages of this book to make drawings of your ideas. Then share your ideas in the Inventor's Gallery at inventnow.org.

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    "We are all faced with a series of great opportunitiesbrilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

    How basketball was born


    Almost 120 years ago, a PE teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts, was looking for an indoor game that would keep students in shape during the winter. He wasn't satisfied with the games that already existed, so he decided to create a new one. He nailed peach baskets to each side of the gym, and had the students try to score points by throwing a soccer ball into their team's basket. What started as a fun PE game in a small town is now one of the world's most popular sports. Do you have an idea for a new sport? Visit inventnow.org and take the Invent-A-Sport Challenge!

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    "Genius is one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration." Thomas A. Edison, inventor of the Edison lightbulb

    Greatness takes time


    It took: Six weeks to make the first airplane engine Four years to paint the Sistine Chapel 22 years to build the Taj Mahal and over 1,000 years to finish the Great Wall of China! It takes a lot of focus and patience to create an invention, but seeing your idea become a reality makes it all worth it. Now that you've seen how inventors come up with new ideas, get started now on your own invention at inventnow.org!

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