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In groups, the pupils have to guess which inventions the patents shown on photocopies or on the computer correspond to. They answer questions about the inventions and have to select the one they like the most, justifying their choice.   
In order to get to know the character, each group will then be given a short biography of their first invention. After reading it and analysing the vocabulary, their comments will be presented to the rest of the class.   
Patent cards can be kept laminated and one per group. Once the questions have been answered, they will be exchanged with the rest of the groups.   
 
Although other women inventors, such as the American chemists Ruth Benerito (1916-2013) and Giuliana Tesoro (1921-2002), achieved a larger number of patents (50 and 125, respectively), Beulah Henry's merit is even greater, as she was self-taught.    
We also highlight the following women inventors:    
1. Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000), to whom we owe the technology that made wi-fi networks or Bluetooth possible.    
2. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) created the first algorithm that would process the analytical machine (considered the first computer in history). She is considered the first computer programmer in history.    
3. Alice H. Parker (1895-1920) designed a central heating system using natural gas as a source of combustion. She became the inventor of the first boiler, the forerunner of central heating and hot water systems.    
4. Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979), the first woman to work for the General Electric Company. We can thank her, among other things, for the effectiveness of our sunglasses. Her best-known invention, anti-reflective glass, is used to make computer screens, car windscreens and camera lenses.    
5. Ángela Ruiz-Robles (1895-1975), a Spanish professor, devised and patented a system of "mechanical, electrical and air pressure procedure for reading books" in 1949. It is what we know today as the e-book. 

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Using photocopies or computer projections, students will try to improve their production of oral texts by guessing which inventions the patents they are looking at correspond to, exchanging ideas and sharing their opinions with the rest of the class.    
Comprehension, production and co-production of oral, written and multimodal texts, short and simple, literary and non-literary. 

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