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6 Acknowledge discovery and innovation Be innovative yourself Making Connections with Other Topics • Connect with the topic “I am Unique” Why this topic is important to me? What are my favourite inventions? What do I want to invent? My unique invention! • Connect with the topic “All Dressed-up” Clothes: From animals and from plants to our closet! • Connect with the topic “I am a Scientist” Explore and investigate rough materials. Hypothesize, test and discover where they are coming from. • Connect with the topic “The Store” Explore and discover processes before certain items and products go to the store! • Connect with Design and Technology *How technology helped us find different ways of using rough materials? How technology changed the way we use certain materials? What is the process of design materials? Explore backwards design. • Connect with Theater and Literature From wood to paper and the invention of the printing press. How this great invention led to the expansion of literature?