History Day

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Connecticut Invents! is a standards based hands on education program for children who are entering the 4th or 5th grade. The program celebrates Connecticut inventors and inventions while letting the kids become inventors themselves. Connecticut Invents! highlights the numerous inventors and inventions that have come from our state over the past 200 years. Students will be introduced to many famous and not so famous Connecticut inventions including the Colt revolver, the toothpaste tube, Frisbee, tape measure, Wiffleball, can opener, submarine and many more.
The museum has created the Connecticut Patents Database; a searchable record of over 20,000 patents granted to Connecticut inventors between 1790 and 1890. Using this database the students will discover unique inventions from all over the state including their hometown. Hands on activities will allow the young inventors to create their own Connecticut invention using simple materials such as straws, tape, pencils and paperclips.

Site: "Compelling photographs, including many by Ansel Adams, illuminate the experience of Japanese Americans interned during World War II."