A passage on some former children who made history with their youth inventions. This short reading passage about child inventors will inspire your students. It will also give them practice with nonfiction reading skills.
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Daniel - He invented the pogo stick that footballs or
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9. CHARLOTTE FOLTZ JONES ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN O'BRIEN
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11. Pemberton — tried to create a medicine that helped people who drank too
Instead he accidentally made
12. The Frisbee... invented by some college students who were toss some Frisbee pie pans around their campus
13. = Silver - SO < Lh S a fl invented Post-It Lee (MLO Ca ZLLe) ae to create a new
kind of glue
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16. Mary Anderson . Windshield Wipers
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18. Bette Nesmith Graham - Liquid Paper
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20. Ann Moore -
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22. | =_—= é pa ot Margaret E. Knight - Paper Bags