Our last social studies project surrounded the idea of inventors. Together my students and I studied a few famous inventors of the day and took an in depth look at the inventing process. We ended the unit with an invention project where each student came up with a problem to solve and then an invention that would solve that problem. I was amazed at the creativity I saw!
Luke's parents were not happy about him and his brothers always making crumbs in the car when on long car trips. Luke invented the Crumb Cleaner to help with that problem. During a car trip Luke can eat over the Crumb Cleaner and then use the small brush to brush the crumbs into the hole on the tray. They crumbs then go through a funnel and tube, ending up in a box that can then be emptied into the garbage. This was a very creative solution to a real-life problem.
Emma displaying her Extreme Double Dish Drainer. Emma told me that a normal sized dish drainer was way too small for her big family and they ended up putting dishes all over the counter as well. With the Extreme Double Dish Drainer they could would have room for all the dishes to nicely dry. She even included a draining system for the water to get to the sink!
Josh said that he always gets hot in Mexico (me too!). He invented a hat that includes a solar powered fan that will blow and cool him off when he is in the sun... and it looks cool too :)
At our graduation ceremony my class did two song and dance numbers for the parents showing off their knowledge of the 50 states and their capitals. 
Here are Miss Ruby's Students at graduation!
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