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Learning Objectives : 

Learning Objectives To know about the range of jobs carried out by people they know, and to understand how they can develop skills to make their own contribution in the future. To recognise the role of voluntary, community and pressure groups To think about the lives of people living in other places and times, and people with different values and customs.

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N E T W O R K

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The bee is a wonderful metaphor for Whilst it is collecting pollen to provide nourishment for the hive, it is also benefiting the flowers, rather than impoverishing them. SUSTAINABILITY.

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It is a process of renewal.

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Inventors, and others with ingenious ideas usually need two things to spread their ideas: MONEY and CONNECTIONS

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Anil Gupta has founded a network of village entrepreneurs in the Indian province of Gujarat.

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He has provided a means whereby the of rural people can be shared, and become profitable. INVENTIONS, IDEAS AND APPLICATIONS

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A local farmer developed a slow tipping mechanism on his bullock cart to distribute dung more quickly across his land.

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Ganeshbhai Dodiya invented this ingenious crop sprayer using recyclable materials attached to his motorbike.

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Shashikant Shukla invented a technique which allows silkworms to emerge from their cocoons before their silk is spun, so the worms are not killed as in other methods.

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Farmer Shri Abraham Mathew has developed dwarf Nutmeg trees which can be grown between coconut trees. They produce larger, heavier and better quality fruits.

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Some inventions are dual-purpose - like this exercise bike which does the washing at the same time!

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And you never know when an amphibious bicycle could come in handy!

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Some inventions are yet to be fully developed - like this fly trap idea, or these battery charging shoes.

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But some inventions have been fully developed by manufacturers, and provide a good income for the inventor, like this trench digging machine.

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Over the last fifteen years, the Honey Bee Network has proved to be very effective in the ingenious ideas of uneducated village people, and improving all their lives. encouraging, collecting and sharing

Glossary : 

Glossary application – use, purpose sustainability – the ability to keep something going indefinitely profitable – money-making technique – method, skill amphibious – something that can go on land and in water

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Activities to complete this lesson include: Rate this lesson here. Click on the image above to view and/or download learning activities. groups develop an invention to solve a problem discuss advantages and disadvantages of working in a team

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Useful Web Links : 

Useful Web Links http://www.sristi.org/hbnew/- More information on the honey bee network http://www.sristi.org/cms/stories - more stories from the honey bee network http://www.4children.org.uk/whatwedo/view/node/56 - a social enterprise is a business whose main aim is to give something back to the people in a community – check out how children can get involved in social enterprise http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768091.html - lots of stories about children who have come up with some great inventions http://www.thebigboost.org.uk/ - got a great idea for a business that will help your community? These young people have! http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/ - enterprise education for children and young people aged 4-25