{"id":514,"date":"2021-04-16T15:09:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=514"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T22:09:11","slug":"creating-our-own-unnecessary-inventions-persuasive-writing-creative-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/creating-our-own-unnecessary-inventions-persuasive-writing-creative-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Our Own (Unnecessary) Inventions: Persuasive Writing + Creative Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we looked at an inventor Matt Benedetto who has created over 200 &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; inventions! Here is an example of one of his wacky, weird, and sometimes useless inventions:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 576px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-514-1\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2021\/04\/COVID-Invention-4.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2021\/04\/COVID-Invention-4.mp4\">http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2021\/04\/COVID-Invention-4.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>As part of our Creative Thinking &amp; STEM exploration, we will be creating our own unnecessary invention and will try to &#8216;sell&#8217; this creation using persuasive writing techniques. Our job this weekend is to brainstorm a possible invention we might want to create. Here are some tips for brainstorming:<\/p>\n<p>-think of a challenge or pet peeve you might have (ex: stubbing your toe, melting ice cream). What are some funny ways you could fix or solve this problem?<\/p>\n<p>-what is an invention that already exists that could be &#8216;improved&#8217; on in a fun, creative way?<\/p>\n<p>-what is something that you wish existed? Try making it yourself!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we looked at an inventor Matt Benedetto who has created over 200 &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; inventions! Here is an example of one of his wacky, weird, and sometimes useless inventions: As part of our Creative Thinking &amp; STEM exploration, we will be creating our own unnecessary invention and will try to &#8216;sell&#8217; this creation using persuasive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/creating-our-own-unnecessary-inventions-persuasive-writing-creative-thinking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Creating Our Own (Unnecessary) Inventions: Persuasive Writing + Creative Thinking<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}