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2nd Grade
Invention Packet
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Name ____________________________________
Teacher ___________________________________

ORANGE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

451 Lincoln Avenue Orange, New Jersey 07050

Tel: (973) 677-4000 ext.6110

Fax: (973) 677-2509

Website: http://www.orange.k12.nj.us

Ronald C. Lee
Superintendent of Schools
Erika l. Hackett
Supervisor of Science K-7

March 10, 2014

Dear Parents,
This year our second grade students will engage in a different kind of science fair experience.
Their science fair project will be inventions. Invention projects are designed to promote
problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Your child will be following a step-by- step
process to invent a new product or develop a new method for doing something.
Preparation for the invention projects began with students learning about inventors and their
inventions. By doing this, we hope students will gain an appreciation for the invention
process and thus be better prepared to create their own invention. The first step in the actual
invention process was finding an idea for an invention. Your child was encouraged to find a
problem that needed to be solved. Once your child has settled on an idea and researched it to
make sure that the idea has not been used before, your child can then begin the planning and
inventing stages. As your child engages in this process; we ask that you continuously
encourage and monitor you childs progress. Your support will help to make the invention
process a fun learning experience for your child.
In addition, to inventing a new product or method, your child will be responsible for
completing the invention report package attached with this letter. Please read the invention
directions with your child and support him/her in following the step by step directions. Upon
completion of their inventions, students will present their inventions at their schools science
fair. Here the inventions will be officially judged, and winners will be selected.
The winners of the school fairs represent their schools in the District-wide Science Fair which
will take place during the second week of June. Please feel free to reach out to your childs
teacher or the science teacher coaches if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you for your continued support,
Shirley Colman and Nancy Lasher
Science Teacher Coaches

INVENTION DIRECTIONS
This year the second grade is expanding their science experiences by making an
invention.
STEP 1
Students can begin by learning about inventions and inventors. The knowledge gained
here will help students develop an appreciation for inventors and will help establish a
positive attitude about the invention process.
Successful inventors:
*Keep an open and curious mind about the world around them.
*Constantly use trial and error as they engage in problem solving.
*Gather as much information as possible about an idea, problem, or future invention
before beginning to invent.
*Are dedicated, persistent, and most of all, optimistic about finding a solution.
STEP 2
Finding a need to fulfill or a problem to solve is the second step in the invention
process. The invention may be a new product or it may be a new process for doing
something.
STEP 3
Students should create detailed plans for their invention. In the plans, the
developmental steps are planned, preliminary drawings may be made, materials are
listed, and testing the invention is planned out.
STEP 4
Students should build their invention. They will learn that plans may need to be
changed along the way and that trial and error is a part of the invention process. In
addition, they should do appropriate testing and record any necessary data for their
report.
The last part to step 4 will be completion of an application that makes the student
eligible for the Invention Convention. The application form has been modeled after
the official U.S. Patent Office form and should be notarized by the school teacher.
STEP 5

The Invention Convention is the event students have been waiting for. It provides each
qualifying student with an opportunity to display his or her project. On the
designated date, students will bring their inventions to the selected site. Here the
inventions will be officially judged, and awards will be presented. The Invention
Convention will be open to the public.

My Invention
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The date today is ________________________________

My name is ______________________________________

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This is the problem that my invention solves.
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I have invented
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It is helpful because
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My invention works like this.
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I believe my invention is a brand new idea. I would like to show my
invention at the Second Grade Invention Convention Science Fair.
Signed:
Student ____________________________________________
Parent ____________________________________________
Teacher _____________________________________________

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2nd Grade Science Project: Inventions

Title: _________________________

Name: ________________________
Teacher: ______________________
1. Why did you decide to create this invention?
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2. Describe in complete sentences the problem that your invention
solves, and explain how your invention solves the problem.
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3. List the materials you used to complete your invention.
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4. List the steps in order, which you followed to complete your

invention.
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5. Write the resources that you used to complete your invention.
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Patent Application
As the inventor named on the bottom of this page, I hereby declare that my school address is
listed below my name. I truthfully believe that I am the original, first, and only inventor of
the invention entitled:
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I have described my invention in detail on the page attached to this application.

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DECLARATION
I do not know and do not believe that the invention was ever known or used in the
United States of America before I invented it.
I do not know and do not believe that the invention was ever patented or described in
any book, magazine, newspaper, or Internet site.
I do not know and do not believe the invention was in public use or on sale in the
United States.
FULL NAME OF INVENTOR
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GRADE LEVEL ____________ TEACHER
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PRINCIPAL
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FULL NAME OF SCHOOL
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STREET ADDRESS OF SCHOOL
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CITY
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SIGNATURE OF INVENTOR
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FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

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SIGNATURE OF TEACHER

Orange School District Patent Certificate

Whereas ______________________________________________________
Presented to the commissioner of patents in Orange School District a
petition for the grant of a patent for a new and useful invention entitled

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A description of which invention has been submitted according to all
requirements provided, and

Whereas upon proper examination the applicant has been judged to be

entitled to a patent under the school law.

Now therefore a patent is granted to

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For the term of (1) year from the date of this grant with the exclusive
right to make and sell said invention.

In testimony

whereof, I have

Hereunto set my hand and caused

The seal of the patent office to be
Affixed on this ________day of
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ATTEST ___________________Teacher

Second Grade Science Fair Project Rubric

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Materials
and Steps

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Completed
Project

3 points

2 points

All materials
and steps have
been listed.
Steps make
sense and are
easy to follow;
can be
duplicated

Most materials
and steps
have been
listed. Most
steps make
sense and are
easy to
follow; can be
duplicated

Some of the
materials and
steps have
been listed.
The steps are
not easy to
follow and
would be
difficult to
duplicate

None or few
of the steps
and
materials are
listed and it
is impossible
to duplicate

The project
includes an
invention as
well as 5
correctly
completed
sections

The project
includes an
invention but
1 of the 5
sections is not
complete

The project
includes an
invention but 2
of the 5
sections are
not complete

The project
includes an
invention but
all of the
sections are
not answered
completely

The invention
is well thought
out, well
presented but
not unique

The invention
is well thought
out but is
sloppy. May not
be original

Invention is
sloppy and
hurriedly
completed.
May not be
original

The invention
is handed in on
the due date
during school
time

The invention
is handed in
after school
on the due
date

The invention
is handed in on
the due date
but it is
incomplete

The
invention is
not handed
in at all

Project
describes
need/problem.
The invention
solves the
need/problem

Project
addresses
need/problem
and somewhat
solves it

Project
describes
need/problem
but invention
does not solve
it

Project does
not address a
need or a
problem

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The invention
shows great
Creativity & thought and
Quality
effort. It is
well
constructed
and is unique

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Punctuality

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Fulfills a
need

1 point

0 points

Total

Errors

Written report
has no factual
and/or
grammatical
errors

Written report
no factual but
a few
grammatical
errors

Written report
has a few
grammatical
and factual
errors

Written
report has
many factual
and
grammatical
errors