Famous Inventors
Who invented the plane?
The Wright Brothers
A boy accidentally left a cup of soda with a stick in it outside all night when it was FREEZING.
Popsicle
This invention has four wheels, an engine, and a steering wheel.
Car
An ice cream stand ran out of bowls one day, so another food stand let them use their waffle like pastries that weren't selling well instead. They were a hit!
Ice cream cones!
Thomas Edison
An engineer was trying to make springs for a ship when he accidentally knocked one off of the table. It's movements inspired him to turn it into a toy!
Slinky
This invention makes it faster and easier to clean your clothes!
Washing Machine
These were created after a customer kept complaining that their fries were too thick!
Potato Chips!
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Will Kellogg accidentally left a bowl of boiled wheat out all day and it became stale and flaky. He decided to bake it, which made it a delicious crunchy cereal.
Corn Flakes
This invention made it much easier to make books.
The Printing Press
This invention started out as a dough used to clean wallpaper. It was turned into a toy once the inventor saw students using it as a modeling dough in class.
Play-Doh!
This inventor is often credited for the discovery of electricity. He invented the lightning rod and bifocals.
Benjamin Franklin
A scientist was trying to make a super strong adhesive, but accidently made the opposite instead: a super WEAK adhesive.
Post-it Note
This invention started out as only black and white but eventually became colorful.
The Television!
A baker ran out of baking chocolate for her chocolate cookies, so she used a chopped up chocolate bar instead. She thought the chocolate chunks would melt and spread throughout the dough to form chocolate cookies, but they just softened instead.
Chocolate chip cookies!