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Title: Inventor Biographies


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Inventor Biographies
  • By Mrs. Ayers class
  • 2008

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Thomas Edison
  • They called him the wizard of Menlo Park.
  • He invented the light bulb.
  • Some of his teachers considered him retarded
    because he asked so many questions.
  • By Paige L. and
  • Olivia S.

3
Benjamin Franklin
  • He invented paddles to swim faster.
  • He discovered electricity.
  • He invented the Franklin stove.
  • By Gunnar and Lance

4
Louis Braille
  • He was blind.
  • He went to a school for blind children.
  • He invented the Braille code for the blind.
  • By Sean F., Alex B., and Sye P.

5
Jonas Salk
  • He came up with a cure for polio.
  • He invented a cure that will help them so they
    don't have to wear leg braces.
  • By Bryar and Calvin

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Robert Goddard
  • He invented the rocket.
  • He did not graduate until he was 21.
  • He never saw one of his rockets blast off before
    he died.
  • By Kurtis P. and Logan

7
Alexander Graham Bell
  • He worked with Tom Watson to invent the first
    telephone.
  • He was born in 1847.
  • He taught deaf people to speak.
  • By Jacob T.

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Marie Curie
  • She won two Nobel prizes.
  • She was a scientist
  • She discovered Radium which helps people with
    cancer.
  • By Cody

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Ruth Handler
  • She created Barbie dolls so people can buy them.
  • She recognizes a need and does something about
    it.
  • She named the dolls after her children.
  • By Chelbe and Lyndsey

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Garret Morgan
  • He died in 1963.
  • He invented a gas masks and the traffic light.
  • He is black.
  • By Jenna C., Adrianne M. and Kayla F.
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