Young entrepreneurs!

In inventions unit, our Grade 7/8 class has been learning in French about why inventions come into being--necessity is truly the mother of invention! We have inventoried our classroom environment en français, identifying the many inventions that we are currently blessed with that make our lives easier and why our lives are easier as a result.

We have also assessed our environment for our needs that are not currently addressed by a specific invention and with our ingenuity and creativity, devised gadgets that could help us. 

We have been writing about our inventions, identifying:

• what need our invention is adressing
• who are target market will be in the classroom (students, teachers, others) using the futur proche verb tense
• how our invention will help them, using the futur proche verbe tense
• the name of our invention
• mechanical parts of the invention
• how to use the device (using the imperative forms of verbs)
• one final, short statement to "sell" the device

Some examples of prototypes are below in a 2D or 3D format:

Bravo, mes élèves! In future posts I will be featuring school design projects from the Gr. 5/6 class and Gr. 3/4 projects "Mon pupitre" (My desk).

Bonne semaine,

Mme Christensen