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This inventions PowerPoint includes age-appropriate text and information about what an invention is, the planning process for developing inventions, and common factors of successful inventions.  Several short biographies with text and photographs of both well-known inventors such as the Wright Brothers,and less famous inventors such as Louis Braille, provide good examples of the positive impact inventions have had on our culture.

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3rd
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