Georgia Science Grade 6

Unit 6: You and the Environment

Peanut Inventions

Project Type: Model
Explore peanut inventions. Research 3-5 of the 325 products that were invented from peanuts. Design your own creative use for peanuts, write directions, and build a prototype for a class peanut invention fair.

The creative use for peanuts should fall into one of the following categories:

• Food/Drink
• Medicine
• Cosmetic
• Household Product

The directions should include:

• What material/ingredients were used and in what quantities
• How the creative use for the peanuts works
• Explain the design and describe its function

The prototype needs to be:

• Durable and functions reliably
• Safe
• Environmentally friendly
• Marketable

Resources:
Visit these sites, or any others you find, and research peanuts.

Virgina-Carolina Peanuts
http://www.ascof.com/aboutpeanut/chinesepeanut.htm

Peanut product List
http://www.nps.gov/gwca/expanded/peanut.htm

Tuskegee University
http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/story.asp?S=1107158&nav=PBo8PKP0