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I am doing Benjamin Franklin Great choice. I'm looking forward to seeing what you learn about this famous diplomat and scientists. check out the ResearchChannel to see a video of a college professor discussing Franklin's contributions to science.

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Benjamin Franklin
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​ Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17 in the year 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. Ben grew up working as an apprentice with his brother in a printing shop. Mr. Franklin has achieved many accomplishments. First, he opened a printing office in Philadelphia. He also becomes the owner of the Philadelphia Gazette. One of his major achievements was that Benjamin found the first public library. He also signed the Declaration of Independece in 1776. He helped negotiate the Treaty Alliance with France and the Treaty of Peace with Great Britian. He also signed the Constitution of the United States in 1787. Benjamin Franklin had a very successful life. He was a great diplomat, philosopher, writer, printer, publisher, a statesman. But overall He was a Scientist. Benjamin Franklin invented alot of things. He inveted the glass armonica, the bifocal glasses, lightning rod, the iron furnace stove and he basically found out what electricity really was. Benjamin also published and wrote the first almanac. (Elementry Test Prep Center)

The most famous experiment that Benjamin Franklin has done is his experiment with his Kite. One of the greatest things Benjamin Franklin has done and investegated with was electricity. So he decided do use a kite in a thunderstorm with a key tyed to the string. Ben's hypothesis was that lightning was really, powerful bolts. His hypothesis later led him to inventing the lightning rod. In 1752 Ben built a kite and attached a key to the end with a piece of string,to attract electrical charges. A metal wire was also attached to the key and was placed in a jar. He flew the Kite during a thunderstorm. The lightning struck the kite and then traveled down the string to the key and into the jar. The string had static electricity and when Benjamin touched the key, he got an electric shick and his observations led him to conclude that lightning was really powerful bolts. Mr. Franklin had many questions. The questions that he had led him to construct his experiments and later invent things. (Julian Rubin)



The independent variables in this experiment is the materials he has to conduct the kite experiment. The dependent variables are how long the string is, how hard the lightning hits, the temperature outside. Benjamin Franklin's experiment was inductive. He made a hypothesis, he performed his experiment and gathered his data, he analyized or revised data and then published it. (William Dembski) The materials or tools used in the experiment are, a kite, string, a key, a wire, and a jar. (and benjamin franklin's hand) His hypothesis was supported because he was right. When the kite was stuck and he touched the key that was inside the jar he felt a shock so he was correct, lightning is very huge and powerful bolts. When he found this out, it later led to the invention of the lightning rod.

Benjamin Franklin was a very intelligent man. He discovered thousands of things and found out what electricity really was. He invented many things. He was a very successful leader. Benjamin Franklin lived almost a hundred years. Without Benjamin Franklin we might not know what lightning does and we might not have some of his inventions that people use today.

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