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Betsy the Inventor

Betsy sees her friend Big G struggling to keep up with the young grasshoppers, he is getting older and his long legs will not jump as high as they used to.

She wants to help him and goes to work in her workshop to make an invention to help Big G jump high in the long grass to keep control of the young grasshoppers.

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Children to learn more about what a pitch is. Challenge them to become 'Young Dragons' and decide if they would invest in example pitches from the show 'Dragon's Den'.

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Communication Problem Solving Teamwork

Language, Literacy and Communication

Ages 7 & 8

Ideas to Reuse Items

Children to work in groups to brainstorm different ways that a range of items could be reused.

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Confidence Creative Communication Problem Solving Teamwork

Expressive Arts Humanities and Understanding of the world Language, Literacy and Communication

Ages 7 & 8

Keeping Ladybugs Safe

Use this presentaion to set the design challenge for the children, going through six steps of the design processes.

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Creative Determination Communication Problem Solving Teamwork

Language, Literacy and Communication Science and Technology

Ages 7 & 8

Keeping Ladybugs Safe

Set the challenge for the children to help Betsy come up with an invention to allow Lady Scarlett to be able to walk her children to school safely.

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Creative Determination Communication Problem Solving Teamwork

Language, Literacy and Communication Science and Technology

Ages 7 & 8

Discuss and brainstorm in groups or with a partner ideas to help Lady Scarlett walk her ladybugs to school safely.

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Creative Determination Communication Problem Solving Teamwork

Language, Literacy and Communication Science and Technology

Ages 7 & 8

My Final Design

Use this template for the children to draw and label their final designs, including materials and tools needed.

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Creative Determination Communication Problem Solving Teamwork

Language, Literacy and Communication Science and Technology

Ages 7 & 8

Pitch Checklist

Use this criteria template for the children to complete after they have watched the 2 clips of pitch examples (found in the PPT).

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Confidence Creative Determination Communication Problem Solving Resilience Teamwork

Language, Literacy and Communication Science and Technology

Ages 7 & 8

Use the presentation to learn more about what a product pitch is, and the criteria needed to make a 'good' one (linked examples).

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Betsy the Inventor

Leadership Confidence Creative Determination Communication Problem Solving Resilience Teamwork

Language, Literacy and Communication Science and Technology

Ages 7 & 8

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