PAIREDREADBeulahHenry:InventorBiographybyVictoriaStJohnSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverLibraryofCongressPrints&PhotographsDivision[LC-USZC2-2004].**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyMetaphorsVocabularydesign,encouraged,examine,investigation,quality,simple,solution,substitutesContentStandardScienceTechnologyWordCount:919**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118967-0MHID:0-02-118967-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowcanproblemsolvingleadtonewideas?GenreBiographyIntroduction........................2Chapter1FindingSolutions.....................4Chapter2BenFranklin’sGreatestInvention......9Chapter3ALifeofIdeas......................12RespondtoReading.................15BeulahHenry:Inventor.....16Glossary/Index......................19FocusonScience.............20TheAmazingBenjaminFranklinbyVictoriaStJohnIntroductionHaveyoueverwishedyoucouldswimlikeafish?That’swhat11-year-oldBenFranklinwaswishingwhenhetiedapairofwoodenpaddlestohisarmslikefishfins.Anothertime,hetiedhimselftoakitesoitwouldpullhimacrossapondlikeasail.YoumayknowBenjaminFranklinasoneofthefoundingfathersoftheUnitedStates.ButBenFranklinwasalsoascientistandaninventor.BenjaminFranklin(center)helpedtowritetheDeclarationofIndependence.2LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZC2-2243]Allofhislife,BenFranklinhadaninquisitivemind.Hewascuriousandalwayswantedtolearnnewthings.Whentherewasaproblem,Benwantedtofindasolu...
