PAIREDREADBeulahHenry:InventorBiographybyVictoriaStJohnSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverLibraryofCongressPrints&PhotographsDivision[LC-USZC2-2004].**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyMetaphorsVocabularydesign,encouraged,examine,investigation,quality,simple,solution,substitutesContentStandardScienceTechnologyWordcount:1137**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118835-2MHID:0-02-118835-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.........................2Chapter1FindingSolutions......................4Chapter2BenFranklin’sGreatestInvention.......9Chapter3ALifeofIdeas.......................12RespondtoReading..................15BeulahHenry:Inventor.......16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience..............20EssentialQuestionHowcanproblemsolvingleadtonewideas?TheAmazingBenjaminFranklinbyVictoriaStJohnIntroductionHaveyoueverwishedyoucouldswimlikeafish?That’swhat11-year-oldBenFranklinwaswishingwhenhetiedapairofwoodenpaddlestohisarmslikefishfins.Hewasalreadyagoodswimmer,buthewantedtoswimfaster.YoungBenjaminalsolikedsailing.Thisgavehimanotheridea.Hetiedhimselftoakite.Heimaginedthatthekitewouldworklikeasail.Hewasright.Attachedtothekite,Benwaspulledacrossthewaterquickly.BenjaminFranklin(center)helpedThomasJeffersonwritetheDeclarationofIndependence.2LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZC2-2243]Allofhislife,BenFranklinhadaninquisitivemind.Hewascuriousandalwayswantedtolear...
