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Which invention has done the most to improve
ordinary lives?
Use this sheet to help you with the Activity on page 194. Complete the Top Trumps cards by
briefly explaining the marking for each of the criteria and giving each one a score out of 10.
Then add up the total for each invention.
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Name:
Vaccinations
Name:
Steam railway
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Name:
Electricity
Name:
Telephone
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Which invention has done the most to improve
ordinary lives?
Name:
Electric light
Name:
Bicycle
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Name:
Television
Name:
Penicillin – a new
wonder drug
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Which invention has done the most to improve
ordinary lives?
Name:
Jet engine
Name:
Modern genetics
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Name:
Medical scanners
Name:
Computers and the
World Wide Web
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United Nations school report
Complete the school report for the Activity on page 198 using information from pages 199–
200.
School:
Pupil: The
Logo:
United Nations
Subject
Target
Poverty
To halve poverty by
2015
Education
Primary education for
all and increase the
number of girls in
education
Child and
maternal
mortality
Reduce the number of
children who die at a
young age and reduce
the number of mothers
who die giving birth
Disease
Stop the spread of
HIV/AIDS
Environment
Reduce pollution and
stop an environmental
disaster
Grade
(A–F)
Comments
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