Inventor Hall of Fame Reading

The first sentence said, “The museum’s key attraction is the inspiring Gallery of Icons™.”

Write a sentence that uses “key attraction” in the same way as this sentence.

The second sentence said, “Here, you’ll find icons commemorating each of the more than 500 National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) Inductees we’ve welcomed since our founding in 1973.”

Use the word “icons” in the same way it is used here.

By the way, “commemorating” means paying respect to something, “Inductees” are people that are added to a Hall of Fame, and “founding” means when it started.

The third sentence, talked about “tesselating hexagon pattern” which means that the honeycombs were made of six-sided shapes that repeat with no gaps or overlaps. The third sentence has two interesting words,

“Hung in a tessellating hexagon pattern inspired by honeycombs and organized by patent number, this is a stunning visual representation of the history of American innovation.”

First, write a sentence that uses “inspired” in the same ways as this sentence.

Now, write a sentence that uses “stunning” in the same way as this sentence. The third sentence is written here again,

“Hung in a tessellating hexagon pattern inspired by honeycombs and organized by patent number, this is a stunning visual representation of the history of American innovation.”

The second paragraph begins using the word “prolific”, and then lists many inventions afterwards. These are context clues because “prolific” means someone that does something great often. (For example, I am a prolific ice cream sundae maker because I make lots of great ice cream sundaes.)

Use “prolific” in a sentence of your own!

In the beginning of the second paragraph, they use the word “Familiar” to start the sentence. “Familiar names include the prolific Thomas Edison, who filed more than 1,000 patents, including the electric light bulb; the high-flying Wright Brothers, who successfully piloted the first powered aircraft;….”

Write a sentence that uses the word “familiar” in a similar way as this paragraph.

The second paragraph continues, “…the brilliant Stephanie Kwolek, who invented the life-saving Kevlar fiber worn by police officers and military personnel across the world; …”

Use the word “personnel” in the same way as it is used in this phrase.

This reading ends, “…George Washington Carver, who famously developed crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil and discovered hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut and sweet potato.”

Write a sentence that uses the word “conserving” in the same way as this phrase.