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Research and Development - Inventor
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10 Aussie inventions that make your life easier |
2. Put all these inventions on a timeline.
3. Select one invention that might interest you. Research this invention more thoroughly. Be ready to defend your selection. Why is it important? Interesting? Beneficial?
4. In March 2020, Landline showed a number of Agricultural Inventions
Bright Sparks: Agricultural innovators working smarter not harder - ABC News
Clutching Rye Straws: An organic alternative for drinking straws - ABC News
Technological Innovation I/V - ABC News
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Discuss, as a class, which is the most important earlier invention and why.
What would be your criteria for selecting the "most important"?Which Agricultural inventions would you also classify as "most important" and why.
Gadgets for Disaster Zones
Middle Secondary
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding
1.
Read the following
article from BBC
News 18 May 2011:
2. Draw up the following table in a notebook and fill it out using the information from the article and your opinion.
Invention | Characteristics | Pros & Cons |
Your
Rating (Best to worst) |
Concrete Canvas Shelters | |||
Inflatable hospital | |||
LifeStraw | |||
PermaNet | |||
SolarChill |
3.
Discuss your opinions with a partner. Did you have the same ratings? Why? Why not?
4. Which invention has the greatest ramifications/impact on the world? Why?
5. You are to investigate further one of these inventions. How is it made? How long did it take to make? What initiated the invention?
6. Air, water and food are metabolic requirements for survival in all animals including humans. Clothing and shelter provide necessary protection from the elements.
You are to develop a protype for a simple piece of clothing that will protect humans from the elements after a disaster. You are to consider not only the design but the wearability; the availability of the material; its ability to protect; and, its impact on the environment when it ceases to be useful.
CSIRO, Inventions and Cutbacks
Middle Secondary
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding
1. Read the following
articles:
CSIRO Top 10 |
CSIRO Blog |
ABC News 12 May 2016 |
News: 12 May 2014 |
ABC Rural News: 3 May 2016 |
Climate science to be gutted as CSIRO swings job axe - February 2016 |
2. What is your impression of the CSIRO? In pairs, discuss the contributions of the scientists at CSIRO.
How many inventions did you work out that were cited in these articles? Which one did you think was the most important? Why?
3. The CSIRO Staff Association are concerned about the impact of the cuts to their Scientists:
What is your opinion? Discuss with a partner.
4. "Scientist dismayed at CSIRO climate change research cuts, urges them to reconsider"
What is being said in this article? Do you agree with it?
5. Ethical Question: "How important is it to have the CSIRO funded independently of the Commonwealth Government so that innovation and invention has a prominent and sacrosanct place in the Australian Research & Development sphere?"
List the Pros and Cons of this question and debate the issue.
Other inventions noted in On the Job website
Beekeeper |
Honey Flow |
Drycleaner |
Plastics, Coat Hangers and Drycleaning |
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Seabin - War on Waste |