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Did you ever see kid inventors on TV or in the newspaper and think, "That could be me!" You're right—it could. Kids have been inventing for ages, making toys or designing tools to make their chores easier. Most kids didn't even realize they were inventors. Yet some kids sold their creations, and others became famous because of them.
Today, more and more kids are inventing things. Maybe you've thought about being an inventor. Maybe you're already an inventor. Perhaps you've taken part in a school invention fair or a national competition, yet you want to know more. What other competitions can I enter? What's a patent(专利权)? What's a trademark? Can kids really sell their inventions? How can I do that?
This book Kids Inventing leads you through the steps of turning your ideas into realities, changing you from a kid with a solution to a problem into an real inventor. Perhaps you'll discover an aspect(方面) of inventing that really interests you—getting ideas, making a model, writing in your log, naming your invention, presenting your ideas to others, working as part of a team, or even selling your invention.
Let the kid inventors you'll read about in this book inspire you. They worked hard, and they had fun. Some made money. Some won scholarships(奖学金). All of them were optimists. They believed that they could solve the problems they faced at different stages of inventing, and they experienced the joy of solving those problems and exciting, surprising, and astonishing others with the results.
Being a kid inventor has its own rewards, one of which is the thrill of saying, "I'm an inventor." Inventing is a series of steps, a journey of discovery. To begin your journey, just turn the page.
