Invention+Convention

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 * //__ Link to Sarah Evans' electronic journal format: [|Electronic journal] __//**

**//__ Invention Convention Overview: __//** ** RULES: ** > Your job in the invention convention is to invent something that falls into one of the following categories:
 * // You may not spend more than $20 and you have to keep your receipts if you buy anything. //
 * // Your invention must be your own work and you need to give credit for help you receive. //
 * // Use your own words as you write about the invention. Your journal should be telling the story of your invention to the judges. //
 * // Pictures of your project should not include any people in them. //
 * **// YOUR NAME CAN’T BE ANYWHERE ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT! //**
 * **// If your invention is not completely on display at 8:30 am on December 7 it is not eligible to advance to the Regional event in January. //**

**Games:** You will invent your own game.

**Adaptations:** You will invent something that either improves an existing invention or uses something already invented for a new purpose.

**Working Models:** You will invent something that actually works. Remember to explain scientifically how your invention works. What science concepts does it use?

**Nonworking Models:** You will create an invention that would be too expensive or complex to make as a working model. You must explain how your invention would work if it weren’t going to be too complex or expensive to work.

**Jules Verne:** You will create a futuristic or science fiction invention that needs further scientific discoveries to become possible. You must explain to the judges the type of science that needs to be developed for your invention to become possible.


 * Due Date = the day the grade shows up in the book || Requirements: (Inventor’s log) || Description ||
 * ** December 2 ** || ** Title Page ** || This is the cover of your journal. **__It must include the name of the invention and the category you are entering.__** DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS PAGE. ||
 * ** December 2 ** || ** Table of Contents ** || This is the first real page of your book and it tells the page numbers of all of the parts of your journal. It is like the start of a text book. ||
 * ** September 12, 2011 – first draft of the idea - final draft is due December 2, 2011 ** || ** Introduction ** || This is **an interesting description of your invention idea**. It tells the judges how your invention works, the problem it solves, how it solves that problem. How you came to your idea and how your invention will improve the world is also included. ||
 * ** November 4 ** || ** Section 1: Research notes ** || Go to websites – including patenting sites, interview experts, read magazines, or books, and find out information about your invention idea. **TAKE NOTES AS YOU READ AND KEEP TRACK OF ALL SITES THAT ARE VALUABLE** – also keep track of the date you visit them. Look for historic inventions that led to yours and use them for the timeline section that comes next. ||


 * **November 4** || ** Section 2: Historical timeline ** || This part of the inventor’s log shows the judges the history of inventions that have made your invention possible to invent. (Twenty events is usually the least you should include) ||
 * **November 11** || **Section 3: Scientific Overview of how the invention will work** || This part of the inventor's log explains the science behind how your invention works or will work. You need to be as detailed as you can be. Please write out the descriptions in your own words. Copied and pasted sources are a decent start, and must be explained in your own words after the sources. Any pasted portions need to include the link to website from which you obtained the information. ||
 * ** November 16 ** || ** Section 4: List of Resources ** || Include a complete alphabetically ordered list of your resources you used. ||
 * ** November 16 ** || ** Section 5: Research summary ** || One page to summarize what you learned during your research and how the research affected your invention idea. ||
 * ** November 29 ** || ** Section 6: Construction Process ** || Tells step by step how you built your invention or model. The judges want details in this section. Pictures are ok as long as they don’t show any people’s faces. ||
 * ** November 29 ** || ** Section 7: Blue Prints ** || ** METRIC ** (use centimeters) scaled drawings of your invention. Show all sides of your invention in detail. Make these neat. ||
 * ** December 2 ** || ** Section 8: Receipts ** || Attach receipts to this page OR if you didn’t buy anything, just explain where you obtained your materials and supplies. ||
 * ** Start building it by November 8 finish by November 29 ** || ** Three Dimensional Model ** || Successful models typically include the following attributes:
 * ** Start building it by November 8 finish by November 29 ** || ** Three Dimensional Model ** || Successful models typically include the following attributes:

Quality construction – They don’t fall apart.

Cleverness – They are creative.

Neatness – They look good.

Attention to details –They are accurate.

Appropriate size (usually fit in a 1 cubic meter space) ||
 * ** Get your supplies by November 18 and finish the display by December 2 ** || ** Backboard Display Board ** || Requirements:
 * ** Get your supplies by November 18 and finish the display by December 2 ** || ** Backboard Display Board ** || Requirements:

Free standing – stands up by itself

Size of a standard poster board

Neat

Eye Catching

Information : Name of the Invention Final Blue Prints Goal of the invention How the invention works and accomplishes its goal is clearly explained. ||

Examples of projects that have gone to the state level are in the classroom… check them out.