Summer time for me is like dreaming. I have less specific daily interactions and timelines to follow, so my mind can go on walk about, producing all sorts of sparked and connected ideas.
Today was one so awesome that I just had to share!
I used to teach history of invention through research projects, kinda basic. But I would conspire to have the kids dress up as that inventor on Halloween (since costumes for Halloween were banned). It was fun and the list of items that they researched had extremely interesting histories. Did you know that the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil was invented by a 21 yr old in Japan (who happened to later go on to start Sharp). And that the vending machine first appeared in the FIRST century and dispensed holy water! And then I learned about Nikola Tesla and have forever held a grudge against my elementary teachers for allowing me to think that Thomas Edison was amazing. So as many celebrate the birth of the man who brought us Alternating Current (Tesla) I came across this: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla and started to think about how awesome it would be to have "Inventor vs Inventor" or "Inventor Smack Down"! With each kid accepting a role, and defending their catalog of work against their arch nemesis to the class.
Think about it, Tesla vs Edison, Darwin vs Ussher, Jobs vs Gates vs Branson! I think it would be fantastic!
Now I just need to find a teacher who wants to jump in!
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