ERNST PRUSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ERNST PRUSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4650 N. Menard Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60630 (773) 534-3460 - Fax (773) 534-3530 Lloyd M. Ehrenberg, Ed. D. Principal Ms. Hanna Kapica Assistant Principal April 1, 2015 Dear Parents, We are getting ready for the last unit theme of the year, Innovations. We cannot believe how fast the time has flown by this year as we are embarking on the last quarter of the school year. We would like the children to do a research project at home about inventors. We have attached a list of inventors and your child is responsible to research one of them. Directions: Pick one inventor from the list and make a poster of the inventor. 1. Draw a picture or print pictures of the inventor. 2. Draw a picture or print pictures of the invention. 3. Name the year of the invention. 4. When was the inventor born and include when he or she died if applicable. 5. Write 5 facts you learned about the inventor. 6. How did the invention help people or change the way people live? How has the invention impacted your life? The project is to be completed at home and is due on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Thank you very much! If you have any questions, please e-mail your teacher. Happy Researching! Ms. Fabjan, Mrs. Roelle, and Ms. Persino Educate – Inspire - Transform Philio Farnsworth – television Elias Howe- sewing machine Margaret Knight – paper bags Wilbur and Orville Wright- airplane Alexander Graham Bell- telephone Dr. John Stith Pemberton- Coca-Cola Karl Benz- automobile Frank Epperson - popsicle Josephine Garis Cochran – dishwasher Sarah Goode- folding cabinet bed Ruth Handler – Barbie Doll Bessie Nesmith- Liquid Paper Tim Berners-Lee – World Wide Web George Crum – potato chip Ruth Wakefield – chocolate chip cookie inventor James Naismith – basketball Louis Braille – Braille Charles Henry Gourd – stapler Conrad Gessner – pencil Bartolomeo – Critofori- piano Mary Anderson – windshield wipers Earle Dickson- Band-Aid George Washington Carver – plant scientist Noah and Joseph McVicker- Play-doh Thomas Edison – phonograph Edwin Binney and Harold Smith- crayons Ann Moore- Snugli baby carrier Benjamin Franklin – electricity Robert Fulton – steamboat J.P. Knight – traffic light Guglielmo Marconi – radio Alhazen – camera Samuel Morse – telegraph William Addis – toothbrush Martin Cooper – cell phone Arthur Fry – Post-It note Ole Kirk Christiansen- Legos Adolph Rickenbacker- electric guitar Marion Donovan – disposable diapers Perry Spencer- microwave oven Konrad Zuse – computer Leo Baekeland – plastic Ralph Baer – video games Levi Strauss- blue jeans Madame Walker – hair relaxer John Harvey Kellogg- corn flakes Educate – Inspire - Transform
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