Kids Have Great Ideas, Too!
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.
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Broken crayons are hard to hold. Cassidy Goldstein had an
idea. She made a crayon holder. She was 11 years old.
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Some inventions can save lives. Alissa Chavez made an alarm. The alarm saves kids from hot cars. She was 14 years old.
What Do You Think? What would you like to invent?
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