RW2 Homework Unit 22

Read Well 2 Plus
Imagine your winter without

electricity. You wouldnt be able to turn
on the heat to stay warm. You would
have to gather, cut, and stack wood to
burn in your wood stove. You would
have to heat water on the wood stove just
to take a nice hot bath. You would have
to light oil lamps just to see what you
were doing. Wow, that sounds like hard
work, but it also sounds like fun.
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22 Homework 1
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Life Without
Electricity
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Nonfiction
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Life Without Electricity

Imagine what your life would be like
without electricity. You wouldnt be able
to watch TV shows, play video games, or
go to the movies. What do you think you
would do for fun? You might play games
outside with your friends and neighbors,
read a book, or write a letter. You and
your friends might learn to play musical
instruments so you could form a band.
That might be fun.
Imagine your summer without

electricity. You wouldnt be able to turn
on a fan to cool off or run water in the
kitchen for a cool drink. You might jump
in a stream or lake to cool off. You might
pump water from the well for your drink.
It might be fun.
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Imagine what it would be like to store

food without electricity. You wouldnt
be able to grab a snack out of the
refrigerator. You might have a wooden
box with a big chunk of ice inside to keep
food fresh.
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1. What do you think you would do if there were no electricity
for televisions or video games?
2. What kinds of things can you do at school nowadays that people
without electricity couldnt do?

1. Where would you store food if you didnt have a refrigerator?
2. What are some other things that would be difficult
to do without electricity?
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Ford hired many workers to build

many cars. Each worker built one part
of a car. Together, Henry Fords workers
made cars quickly. Now, thanks to
Henry Ford, many people can have cars.
Some people even drive Fords!
Like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford
worked very hard, and he was not afraid
to make mistakes. Ford said that his
mistakes let him try again and do things
better. He thought mistakes made
him smarter. It should be no surprise
that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford
became good friends. They even went on
camping trips together.
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22 Homework 2
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Dawn of the Motor Age
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Henry Ford
Nonfiction
1. How was Henry Ford able to build cars more quickly and cheaply?
2. How were Ford and Edison alike?
3. Why is it important for an inventor not to be afraid of making mistakes?

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Dawn of the Motor Age

Thomas Edison inspired many other
inventors with his brilliant ideas. One
man who admired Edison was Henry
Ford. Henry Ford grew up on a farm,
but farming was not for him. As a young
man, he went to work for an electric
company.
In 1896, Henry Ford was introduced
to Thomas Edison. Ford was excited to
meet the great inventor. He told Edison
about an idea that he had. Ford wanted
to make a car that ran on gas. Edison
asked the young inventor all sorts of
questions about this car. At the end of
their meeting, Edison said, You have it!
After talking with Edison, Ford knew
he had a great idea. Ford built a gaspowered car called the Model A.
Like Edison and the lightbulb, Ford

didnt invent cars. Other people had
already built motor cars. What Henry
Ford wanted to do was make a practical
car, one that everyone could afford
to buy. In 1908, Ford introduced the
ModelT. It was the first car that many
people could buy. Before then, cars were
so expensive that only rich people could
buy them.
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How do you think Henry Ford

made cars that cost less? He used his
imagination! When Henry Ford started
making cars, usually one person would
build a whole car. Imagine that! It took
a long time, and it was very expensive.
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1. Imagine what life was like before the automobile was invented.
How did people travel?
2. How would your life be different if you lived before cars, trucks,
and buses were invented?
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Morse worked hard on his invention.

The telegraph sent two signalsdots and
dashesover a wire. The Morse code
was a way to change words into dots and
dashes and back again.
Finally, Morse proved that his
invention worked. Wires soon ran
between the big cities so people could use
the telegraph for their important letters.
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Samuel Morse and

the Telegraph
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Nonfiction
1. Why was the telegraph an important invention?
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Samuel Morse and the Telegraph
Samuel Morse was an artist who was

fascinated by electricity. He worked for
12 years on his invention, the telegraph.
To earn money, Samuel painted pictures
of people. He taught other people how
to paint too. During that time, he was
very poor. Morse couldnt even eat when
his students didnt pay him on time.
Sometimes he slept in his classroom.
Morse had an idea during one of

his trips overseas. It would take months
to hear news from home because letters
went back and forth by ship. Morse
wondered about using electricity to send
a letter. Electricity travels through a wire
in an instant, so people would get the
letter right away. They wouldnt have to
wait for the train or the ship. Even the
Pony Express took ten days to carry a
letter across the country.
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1. Why did it take so long to send a letter overseas?
2. Do you remember what the Pony Express was?

1. What did Samuel Morse do to earn money?
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Unit
22 Homework 4
Young Inventors
Today, teams of inventors from all

over the world build cars that run on
energy from the sun. Anna and Robyn
are students who are making one of these
cars. Perhaps someday you will drive a
car that Anna and Robyn helped build.
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1. Can you think of something you would like to invent?
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Young Inventors
Who has a problem and wants to
solve it? Who likes to find a better
way to do something? Who makes a
mistake and turns it into a good idea?
An inventor is who, of course. Take a
look at these young inventors and their
inventions.
Chester was fifteen years old. He
lived where the winters were cold.
Chesters ears got very cold when he
was ice skating, so he decided he needed
something to keep them warm. Chester
made two loops from wire and asked his
grandmother to sew fur on them. He
connected the loops with a steel band.
Chester had invented earmuffs.
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One night when Frank was eleven,

he left his drink on the back porch. The
stick he used to stir his drink was still in
the glass. That night it was so cold that
Franks drink froze. Years later, when
Frank had his own children, he started
to sell frozen treats. Frank let his kids
decide on the name. They called the
treats Popsicles.
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1. Why did Chesters ears get cold?
2. Who helped Chester make his earmuffs?
3. How old was Chester?

1. Do you know anyone who invented something by accident?
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Even though the robot bear may

seem like a toy, it will be very helpful to
kids who are sick in the hospital.
Inventors are learning important
things about how robots work. These
scientists believe that robots will someday
be a part of everyones life. Their goal
is to make robots that look and act very
much like people. Someday, you may be
talking to a robot and not even know it!
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Friendly Robots
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Nonfiction
1. Will these new robots be toys?
2. What is the inventors goal?
3. What do you think about these new robots?

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Friendly Robots
Thomas Edison set up a workshop

where inventors could work together.
Today, people call these places think
tanks. People who work in think tanks
invent new things and new ways to make
things work better.
Some inventors are working to

make a friendly, practical robot. This
robot does not look like what you might
imagine. In fact, it looks like a little
teddy bear. But this special bear has
computer chips in its fur. The chips help
the robot bear sense or feel things the
way a person feels things. The bear can
tell the difference between a hug and a
tickle. It laughs when you tickle it, and it
hugs you back if you give it a squeeze!
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1. What is a think tank?
2. Would you rather work alone on an invention or with other inventors?
3. Why do you think some inventors choose to work together?

1. What is surprising about the way this robot looks?
2. What does the robot bear do?
3. Would you like to have this bear? Why?
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Edison found creative ways to work

around not hearing well. In his lab, he
would bite the phonograph so he could
feel the vibrations of the sounds. During
meetings, Edisons helper would tap on
his leg in Morse code to let him know
what other people were saying.
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1. In what ways did Edison work around his hearing loss?
2. Was Edison discouraged because he was hard of hearing?
3. What kinds of things would be more difficult to do if you were hard of
hearing?

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Edison Couldnt Hear

You may be surprised to learn that
the man who invented the phonograph
could not enjoy his invention. Thomas
Edison began to lose his hearing when he
was young. His hearing grew worse as
he got older. He once wrote, I have not
heard a bird sing since I was twelve years
old.
No one knows for sure why Edison
lost his hearing. His father, Samuel, and
his son Charles both had problems with
their hearing too. When Thomas Edison
was seven, he got very sick. That illness
may have affected his hearing.
Edison himself used to say that he

lost his hearing when someone picked
him up by the ears to keep him from
falling off a train.
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Edison was not completely deaf, but

people had to shout to talk to him. He
thought that being hard of hearing helped
with his work. He was able to pay close
attention to his experiments because he
couldnt hear noises and talk.
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1. How did Edison say he lost his hearing?
2. Do you think that being hard of hearing would be helpful if you were
an inventor?

1. What is a phonograph, and why couldnt Edison enjoy it?
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Edison dreamed of adding sound to

his pictures. He attached a phonograph
to the movie machine and invented the
first talking movie.
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Moving Pictures
Nonfiction

1. What would movies have been like before Edison invented a talking
movie?
2. If you were going to make a 30-second movie with no sound, what
would it be about?

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Moving Pictures
Thomas Edison and his team of
inventors were the first to make a movie
camera. With this invention, people
could watch a movie when they looked
into a machine through a small peephole.
This was great, but only one person at a
time could watch the movie.
A movie camera is like a regular
camera, except that it takes a lot of
pictures very quickly. Cameras take
pictures by capturing light. Now you
know why theres a flash of light every
time you get your picture taken.
Edison also made movies. Edison
needed light from the sun to make the
movies, so he built a house on wheels
with a roof that opened up. When
Edison was making a movie, the house
could be moved around to catch the sun.
Edisons movies were very short.

They ran for only a few seconds. The
longest movies lasted half a minute.
Count to thirty, and that will tell you
how long these early movies were. People
liked to watch movies about dancers.
They were very popular. One movie
showed a man sneezing. Another one
showed two cats fighting with each other.
Movies now are very different!
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1. How did people watch Edisons movies?
2. Why would Edison want a house on wheels?
3. Would you rather watch a movie by yourself or with a group of
otherpeople?

1. Do you think 30 seconds is a long time or a short time for a movie?
2. If you were watching a movie that was only 30 seconds long, what
would you like to see?
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Like Edison, Kamen works hard.

But he has fun too. He likes to fly his
own airplanes, and he lives on his own
small island.
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Dean Kamen:
No Ordinary Inventor
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1. If you built a robot, what would you like it to do?
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Dean Kamen: No Ordinary Inventor

Dean Kamen is a brilliant inventor.
You read that Thomas Edison was a hero
to the people of his time. Kamen is a
hero to many sick people of our time. He
has invented many things to help doctors
and sick people in hospitals. He even
invented a wheelchair that can climb
stairs!
His most famous invention is a
scooter with a motor. This is an unusual
scooter. It is a very smart machine that
senses the riders movements. When you
lean forward, the scooter moves forward.
When you lean back, it moves backward.
You dont have to push with your feet,
press a button, or squeeze the brakes.
Its almost like the scooter can read your
mind!
Kamen loves science and inventing,

so he wants to encourage kids to be
inventors too. He started a robotbuilding contest for students. Younger
kids make robots out of tiny plastic
building blocks, then make the robots
play games. In one of the games, robots
pick up balls and put them in a basket.
The robot that picks up the most balls
wins. Sound like fun? Perhaps you
would like to make a robot and enter
Kamens contest.
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1. How is Dean Kamen like Thomas Edison?
2. How would Kamens scooter be helpful to people?

1. Why does Kamen want to encourage kids to be inventors?
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Imagine your winter without

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Life Without Electricity

Imagine your summer without

Imagine what it would be like to store

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Ford hired many workers to build

Dawn of the Motor Age

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Dawn of the Motor Age

Like Edison and the lightbulb, Ford

How do you think Henry Ford

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Morse worked hard on his invention.

Samuel Morse and

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Samuel Morse and the Telegraph

Samuel Morse was an artist who was

Morse had an idea during one of

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Today, teams of inventors from all

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One night when Frank was eleven,

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Even though the robot bear may

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Thomas Edison set up a workshop

Some inventors are working to

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Edison found creative ways to work

Edison Couldnt Hear

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Edison Couldnt Hear

Edison himself used to say that he

Edison was not completely deaf, but

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