INVENTION

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INVENTION
A definition from the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary in?ven?tion (n) Pronunciation
in-ven(t)-shn 1 discovery, finding 2
productive imagination 3 (a) something
invented, as (1) a product of the imagination,
especially, a false conception, (2) a device,
contrivance, or process originated after study
and experiment. 4 the act or process of
inventing
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Project Requirement 1

• Choose an inventor and begin your research.
  You may use the internet (see the list of
  websites on the next slide) or the Library to
  gather your information.
• Remember to document ALL sources.

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Websites
Women Inventors in History - explores women
inventors' contributions to American society and
technology. Invention of the Laser at Bell
Laboratories 1958-1998 - learn the whole story,
what lasers are, and why they are important.
Includes biographies of inventors Arthur Schawlow
and Charles Townes. U.S. History Interactive
Eli Whitney (1765-1825) - biography of the
inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable
parts. The Invention Dimension Inventor of the
Week Archives - Alphabetized (A-Z) list of
inventors from the Lemelson-MIT Awards Program,
Invention Dimension.
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Project Requirement 2
Using the guideline sheet (on the next slide),
highlight the information you need for your
presentation. i.e. Next to the information you
are going to use, indicate which slide you will
use it on.
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Guideline Sheet
? Slide 1 - Presentation created By ? Slide 2
- Inventors Name ? Slide 3 - Inventors Date
and Place of Birth ? Slide 4 - At Least 3
Sentences About Inventors Early Life ? Slide 5
- At Least 3 Sentences About Inventors Adult
Life ? Slide 6 - Name of the Invention and
Official Date it was Invented ? Slide 7 -
Written Description of the ORIGINAL Invention ?
Slide 8 - Media Slide Video Clip, Sound Clip,
Picture, or Other Related Media ? Slide 9 -
Future Innovation as a Result of this Invention
(i.e. What have we been able to do since
the invention that we could not do before it?) ?
Slide 10 - Bibliography
Guideline Sheet
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Project Requirement 3
Begin creating your slides. DO NOT BEGIN YOUR
SLIDES UNTIL THE TEACHER HAS APPROVED ALL OF YOUR
RESEARCH!!
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Teacher Expectations

• Your presentation must include
• 10 information-based slides, each containing
  the information specified on the guideline sheet
• backgrounds
• animations
• slide transitions
• multi-media
• insertion of related sounds, music, or video
  (This media MUST complement your presentation--it
  SHOULD NOT just be something that you think is
  cool.)

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Presentation Created By
Mrs. Deo
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Virginia Apgar (1909 - 1974)
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The Early Years
Virginia Apgar was a trailblazer one of
Columbia Universitys first female M.D.s (1933),
and one of the first American women to specialize
in surgery. Frustrated by chauvinism during her
internship, Apgar changed her focus to
anesthesiology, which became a specific and
separate medical discipline thanks to her. In
1949, she became Columbias first-ever full
Professor of Anesthesiology.
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The Later Years
In 1959, Apgar was appointed Director of the
March of Dimes. In that capacity, she continued
her energetic efforts to improve the healthcare
of infants and children. By the time of her
death in 1974, Virginia Apgar was admired for her
great contributions to society as well as to
science.
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The Apgar Score
Apgars research on anesthesia and childbirth led
to her greatest innovation the Newborn Scoring
System --better known as the Apgar Score-- for
assessing the health of newborn infants, which
she conceived in 1949, refined, and finally
published in 1953.
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Apgar's system assigns a maximum score of 2
points each for 5 criteria respiratory effort,
reflex irritability, muscle tone, heart rate, and
color. The assessment is made at one and five
minutes after birth (at fifteen minutes for
babies born by cesarean section). A perfect score
of 10 and 10 is rare in practice but a score of
at least 7 and 7 virtually guarantees a newborn's
health. A lower score alerts obstetricians to the
possibility of latent problems (e.g.,
hemorrhaging, asphyxia), which can then, if
necessary, be detected and treated on the spot.
Description of the Apgar Score
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How It Works
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Future Innovation
Apgar's diagnostic regimen has saved countless
lives, and has long been a standard worldwide.
The compliment of one famous physician holds
true "Every baby born in a modern hospital
anywhere in the world is looked at first through
the eyes of Virginia Apgar."
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Bibliography
Author Unknown. The Lemelson-MIT Awards
Programs INVENTION DIMENSION. 2000.
http//web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsA- H/ap
gar.html
Mayeaux, Jr., M.D., E.J. Apgar Scores. 1994.
http//lib-sh.lsumc.edu/fammed/intern.apgar.html
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. WWWebster
Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Merriam- Webster Incorporated, 2000.
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