Inventions that Changed the World

What are your favorite inventions? Why did you choose them?

You’re welcome to write them on the padlet on the opposite page.

My favorite inventions:

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Here are some of mine (in the order of my brain):

the wheel, money, fire, crops, animal husbandry, tools and weapons, music (drum, pianoforte, saxophone), storytelling (speech, writing, paper, books, printing press), engines, antibiotics, genetic engineering, computers, the internet (Google, Wikipedia and Facebook), telephones, Waze, astrolabe, slide rule, clocks

Popular Mechanics made their list of 101 Gadgets that Changed the World. In your opinion, what are they missing?

What makes a great invention?

The genius behind it.

Basic needs that it fulfils.

It deals with Health, wellbeing

Its convenience

Inventions that have ‘legs’, in other words they are used for centuries, and sometimes milenia

Their positive impact on ecology and environment

Why do people invent things?

To survive

By accident

To be famous

To be rich

Because they can.

Are some people more inventive than others?

Are some people INHERENTLY more inventive than others?

Is there a process that they follow?