Let’s go old-school and reinstate reports. Kiddos used to read an article and handwrite a report. Reports are a great safety net. Read a book and write a report. Done. Reports are perfect assignments for the week of chaos when you had a trip to the ER, the washer broke down, and the dog was sick.
Pick any topic. I teach science and am interested in inventions. (Don’t you wish you had invented wheels on luggage?) If you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, look for Ben Cohen’s Science of Success articles. (He wrote about white lines on the roads in the July 3rd issue.). Print a few articles to assign during family emergencies.
Take BYJU’s Quiz, Ten Famous Inventions and Inventors Kids Must Know to get started with a list to research at the library or on Britannica.
ACS Chemical Landmarks: Crest, Scotch Tape (Booklet), Bakelite (Booklet), and Test Strips (Booklet) are all examples. Food Dehydration (Booklet) can lead to Snack Engineering.
Smithsonian has Invention Stories, such as epi-pens, George Forman’s grill, brewing coffee, and more about chips. Invention at Play has a ton of short inventors’ stories, such as Ann Moore’s Snugli.
Lemelson-MIT has an Inventor Archive with Mary Anderson’s Windshield Wipers, Marconi’s telegraph, , and Mars M&Ms.
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