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Ever wonder how some of your favorite foods came to be? In this issue you’ll learn that some amazing inventions happened completely by accident! Sometimes a mistake plus a little bit of creativity can lead to something nobody expected. Discover how popular treats like popsicles, chocolate chip cookies, and potato chips became part of our food culture. Learn how experiments can turn into useful products and how recycled items were transformed into a famous children’s toy. Along the way, you’ll discover that inventors don’t always get things right the first time—and that’s okay! Who knows? Your next “oops!” might just become your greatest idea yet.
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about famous inventions that happened by accident
- learn how some popular snacks came to be
- sequence events in a story
- use the newspaper to locate modern inventions
- find differences between two images
- write creatively about your unique new food creation
- identify a product in the news that makes your life easier—and solves a problem!
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