Invent+Something+-+6th+Grade+Science

Dream up an invention, create an advertisement, and present it to the class. ||
 * [[image:lego.png width="207" height="219"]] || Get Creative - Be an Inventor!
 * [[image:classroom.png width="226" height="142"]] || = Get started in the classroom: =

And you will complete an "idea checklist"
|| =Edmodo is like an online class - it allows you to get assignments off the internet. You can also "hand in" your assignments through Edmodo.=
 * Library - Day One ||  ||
 * [[image:edmodo.jpg]] || = =

Check your "progress bar" to see your grades on things you handed in and to check for missing assignments.

You will be saving trees while you invent stuff!!

Your first assignment will be to finish the Invention Questionnaire you started in class and turn it in on Edmodo. || Ideas may be free - but inventions usually require investors to be successful.
 * [[image:kickstarter.png]] || Let's be practical.

Would anyone invest in YOUR invention? How do inventions get funded, anyway?

Take a look at Kickstarter.com for some answers, and to get ideas about your product and commercial. ||
 * Library - Day Two ||  ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2014-03-01 at 3.28.51 PM.png width="198" height="208"]] || Think you can sell your product?

Make a commercial using Animoto! ||
 * [[image:153077995.png width="237" height="270"]] || =Elevator Pitch:=
 * [[image:153077995.png width="237" height="270"]] || =Elevator Pitch:=

Now that you've had some time to brainstorm, try writing an "elevator pitch" about your product. You will download the assignment from Edmodo and submit the finished paragraph on Edmodo.
= Make sure your pitch: =

*Closes with a request
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 * Library - Day Three ||  ||
 * [[image:3202317738.png width="229" height="170"]] || =Share your Animoto with the class.=

Can you get enough "investors" from your class? || ||