![](https://k-5impactnewsgk-1.mheducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IS_K-1_NEWS_FEB_2021_004P.jpg)
An inventor is someone who has great ideas. You might think of inventors as older people from a long time ago. But kids can be inventors, too!
Benjamin Franklin was a famous inventor. As a boy, he loved to swim. He wanted to make swimming easier. He made swim flippers. He was 11 years old.
Photo Credit: moodboard/SuperStock