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he Invention Game The following cue cards are part of a "Name the Invention" game . Read the notes on the cue cards and identify each invention . Use the list of inventions to help you . Cue Card 1 ? The rules for this game were published in 1 892 . ? This game was first played with a soccer ball . ? The inventor , James Naismith , was born in Canada in 1861 and worked as a gym teacher in the USA . ? The players dribbled the ball up and down the court . ? Points were earned when the ball went into a peach basket . Cue Card 2 ? The inventor studied chemistry and worked as a chemist . ? The inventor found out about nitroglycerine , a liquid that could easily explode when exposed to heat . ? The inventor , Alfred Nobel , was born in Sweden in 1833 . ? Nobel understood how nitroglycerine could be controlled and used safely . ? Nobel developed a process to explode nitroglycerine using a shock , not heat , Cue Card 3 ? The inventor was a single mother who worked as a secretary . ? The inventor , Bette N . Graham , was born in Dallas , Texas in 1 922 . ? The inventor started manufacturing water-based "paint" from her kitchen in 1956 . ? The " paint" was put in a bottle and colored to match the paper used in her office , ? The paint was brushed on paper to correct typing mistakes ( her boss never noticed ) . Thinking About What You Have Read 1 What other facts do you know about any of the above three inventions or their inventors ? In your notebook , write the name of the invention ( s ) and add information . 2 Choose one of the above inventions and explain how it has made a mark on our lives . Inventions band aid ballpoint pen basketball batteries bicycle camera computer mouse correction fluid dynamite football light bulb microscope nail polish pencil plastic refrigerator telescope typewriter zipper
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