Young Inventors
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
John J. Stone-Parker
John J. Stone-Parker is one of the youngest inventors in the world. While still a small child, John was very fond of creating new things. He saw that his dad had trouble every time he had a drink with ice cubes in it, so John came up with the idea of creating a star-shaped device that would prevent the ice cubes from slipping out of the glass. He patented this object when he was just four years old in 1989.
1. What was John J. Stone-Parker's invention?
2. Do you think that his invention was useful?
2. If you could invent something new, what would you develop? Choose one of these or your own idea.
- a game that can be played by four people
- a sport that can be played indoors by a group of people
- a medicine that can make you do something great
- a device that can prevent accidents at home
- a machine that can recycle everything at home
3. Write/ talk about your invention:
- what it is
- what it is used for
- how it works
- how it can help people
