4th Grade - STUDENT TEXTBOOK - WHAT AN IDEA! (Unit 2) (Literacy Place)

4TH GRADE - STUDENT TEXTBOOK - WHAT AN IDEA! (UNIT 2) (LITERACY PLACE)

STUDENT TEXT/READING BOOK

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.

Copyright: 1996

Pages: 136

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•PROBLEM SOLVING
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: SECTION 1 NEW AND IMPROVED

Subconcept: Many inventions have improved people's lives.

Source TIME LINE

Amazing Inventions & Discoveries

Source PICTURE BOOK A Piece of String is a Wonderful Thing

Source INVENTOR'S HANDBOOK

The Invention of Sneakers

Mentor INVENTOR Julie Lewis

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•Workshop 1 HOW TO WRITE A PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT LETTER

SECTION 2 INVENTORS AT WORK

Subconcept: Inventors problem-solve as they work. Source CLASSIC FICTION

The Doughnuts

Source NONFICTION

from Mistakes That Worked

Source POETRY COLLECTION

The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters

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•Workshop 2 How to Make an Invention Diagram

SECTION 3 FAST FORWARD

Subconcept: Inventors try to make the future better.

Source NOVEL

The Star Ship

Source NEWS MAGAZINE The First Computers

Source SHORT STORY COLLECTION Lafff

Source MAGAZINE

Things to Come

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•Project How to Market Your Invention

GLOSSARY AUTHOR'S & ILLUSTRATORS BOOKS AND MEDIA

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