The students will design a Flintstones type machine or tool that has not been mentioned in class already. This lesson can be done before or after the Animated Cavemen Language Exercise.
Flintstones Wacky Inventions
Bedrock Express
Dinocrane
Elephant Hoover
Flintstone Computer
Fred’s Pedal Car
Lobster Lawn Mower
Octopus Dishwasher
Rock Bell Phone
The Bird-powered film projector
The Warthog Garbage Disposal
Are the Flintstones machines more Neolithic or Paleolithic?
If the Jetsons fought the Flintstones then who would win?
Would Betty or Wilma make a better girlfriend?
Would Betty or Wilma make a better wife?
Group 1 will create a Stone Age version of some type of construction equipment.
Group 2 will create a Stone Age version of some type of kitchen utensil.
Group 3 will create a Stone Age version of type of exercise equipment.
Group 4 will create a Stone Age version of some type of garden tool.
Group 5 will create a Stone Age version of some type of home appliance.
Group 6 will create a Stone Age version of type of power tool.
Group 7 will create the Stone Age version of Iron Man, Stone Man!
The Top Ten Pop-Culture Cavemen Who Aren’t the Flintstones (or the Croods)
Scribd worksheet at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/166217904/The-Flintstones-Machine-Tool-Exercise-Worksheet
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