Invention Research Questions
1. Tell about the inventor.
 What was his/her early life like?
 What type of education did the inventor have?
 Describe the family of the inventor.
 What were the dates of the inventors birth or death
2. What year was the invention or innovation created?
3. Why was there a need for the invention or innovation?
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4. What problems did the invention or innovation solve?
5. Did it create any new problems?
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6. Did the innovator hold any patents or copyrights on the innovation?
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7. How did the innovator communicate his/her ideas to others? How was it shared
with others?
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8. What had happened in the past that enabled the innovator to come up with new
ideas/designs/objects?
9. What happened afterwards as a result of the innovator’s work?
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10. What else was going on in the world at the time of the innovation?
11. If the innovation still exists, how has the invention changed over time?
12. What do you think of the invention or innovation? Have you used it?