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Carver's Innovation Vocabulary Cards

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Carver's Innovation Vocabulary Cards

George Washington Carver with plants and inventions

🌱 Part 1: Key Vocabulary Words

1. Innovation - Creating something new or improving something to make it better.

Example: George Washington Carver's innovation of making over 300 products from peanuts helped farmers earn more money.

Write your own sentence using "innovation":

2. Invention - Something new that someone creates or makes for the first time.

Example: Carver's invention of peanut butter was one of his most famous creations.

Write your own sentence using "invention":

3. Improve - To make something better than it was before.

Example: Carver wanted to improve farming methods to help poor farmers grow better crops.

Write your own sentence using "improve":

4. Experiment - To test ideas or try new things to see what happens.

Example: Carver would experiment with different plants in his laboratory to discover new uses for them.

Write your own sentence using "experiment":

🔬 Part 2: Vocabulary in Action

5. Which word best completes this sentence? "Carver's __________ of crop rotation helped farmers grow healthier plants."

invention

innovation

experiment

6. Check all the words that describe what George Washington Carver did:

He created new products from peanuts

He improved farming methods

He experimented with different crops

He invented new ways to help farmers

7. Fill in the blanks using vocabulary words from this lesson:

Carver liked to _____________ with plants to see what new products he could make. His greatest _____________ was finding hundreds of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes. He wanted to _____________ the lives of farmers by teaching them his new _____________ methods.

✨ Part 3: "I Can" Reflection

8. Circle YES or NO for each "I Can" statement:

I can explain what the word "innovation" means.     YES     NO

I can identify Carver's agricultural innovations.     YES     NO

I can use vocabulary words in my own sentences.     YES     NO

9. Write about one of Carver's innovations that you think was most important and explain why:

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