Have you ever wondered where inventors get their inspirations from? How they are able to think of various things to invent? Wonder no more! Nature has given inventors big clues on how to make their inventions work.

• dandelion seed floating to the ground……parachute
• birds and flying fish……..aeroplane
• wasps building nests from chewed wood…..paper
• rose thorns…..barbed wires
• centipedes with joined sections……trains
• beaver…….dam building
• rattlesnake’s rattle…..alarm

Is your brain in an inventing mode by now? Find some tips and hints from the book “Whose Crazy Idea Was That?” in the children’s non-fiction section of the library. Sometimes an idea that doesn’t work can lead to an idea that does. Keep trying as who knows, the world might need it in the future!