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MODULE Inventors at Work
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Government Inventors Change Our Government Must Fund Inventors ................................................ 16
Must Fund Inventors Lives for the Better
has always benefited society.
1 very year, our government collects trillions of dollars in taxes. 6 Government support of innovation
E Most of the funds pay for programs that keep citizens safe and healthy.
Other amounts fund programs such as public education. Some of the money Specifically, government funds
have contributed to inventions such as cell phones, electric
goes to run the government itself. It’s expensive to keep our country running! cars, and the Internet.
2 Sadly, just a small percentage goes to fund innovation and invention. In recent It’s the government’s job to improve the lives of its citizens. Inventors
years, the government has spent only a small percentage of the federal 7
budget on scientific and medical research. This is not right! The federal do this all the time. Think about the contributions of inventors like the
illustrious Thomas Edison. Who can doubt that his light bulb made life
government must spend more money to support inventors and their work. easier? Think of computer giants like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, whom
3 Invention is crucial for the economic and social well-being of our country. many revere for how they changed the world. The government should INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Funding inventors improves people’s lives, creates jobs, and helps our nation be doing all it can to help new inventors follow in their footsteps.
excel as a leader in science and technology.
Even Failures Help Inventors Learn
Inventors Need Government Support 8 Now, some people might feel that invention is too risky a business for the
4 It’s often the case that only the government has the huge funds needed to government to be involved in. Yes, most inventors do fail—at first. But failure
support truly great innovation. To build a faster computer or transcend the is a central part of the process. It is how great ideas become great products.
barriers of space travel, inventors need enormous sums of money. The
government spent about $20 billion on the Apollo space program, which took 9 In 1967, for example, an Apollo spacecraft caught fire on the launch pad.
Three astronauts died. Inventors learned from this terrible accident. They
astronauts to the moon. The project likely could not have succeeded without made improvements to the spacecraft. The improvements helped astronauts
government help.
5 Government support of invention has frequently led to more land on the moon.
innovation. A simple example is memory foam. This “space age” Let’s Be World Leaders!
Innovation in technology and science helps our country maintain its place as
material first helped protect astronauts from collisions. 10
Consequently, many people today now sleep on mattresses a world leader. Each year, thousands of students travel here from other
made of this squishy, comfortable material. It’s even used to add lands. They come to study at our schools and universities.
cushion in shoes! Other innovations include devices that help the 11 Inventors improve the lives of everyone. Inventors help make our country
deaf hear, probes that help doctors look inside arteries, and strong and prosperous. Our government must continue to invest in inventors
scratch-resistant eyeglasses.
and their innovations.
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The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison
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Told Henry Ford ...................................................................................... 18
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Winds of Hope .........................................................................................36
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Sports: Wheelchair Sports: Hang Glider to Wheeler-Dealer ............46
Hang Glider to
Wheeler-Dealer
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by Simon Shapiro • art by Theo Krynauw and Warwick Goldswain
art by Theo Krynauw and Warwick Goldswain
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Captain Arsenio: Inventions and
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INVENTIONS AND (MIS)ADVENTURES IN FLIGHT
(Mis)Adventures in Flight ..................................................................56
by Pablo Bernasconi
BY PABLO BERNASCONI SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
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Performance Task
Write a Personal Narrative ......................................................76
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