UNIT 4 SCIENCE, INNOVATION & BUSINESS

PART 1 TEN WORLD INVENTIONS

GREATEST INVENTIONS OF ALL TIME

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/innovations-list/309536/#list

https://www.raconteur.net/infographics/the-greatest-inventions-of-all-time

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/top-20-greatest-inventions-of-all-time

GREATEST INVENTIONS OF 21ST CENTURY

www.telegraph.com/inventionsof21stcentury

GREATEST INVENTIONS OF 20TH CENTURY

www.toptenz.net/inventionsof20thcentury

PART 2A TEN IRISH INVENTIONS

www.irishcentral.com/business/technology/top-10-surprising-irish-inventions

https://www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/10-world-changing-irish-inventions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Irish_inventions_and_discoveries

PART 2B GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver’s_Travels

PART 3A IRISH SCIENCE QUIZ

ROBERT BOYLE  –  NICHOLAS CALLAN

ROBERT MALLET  –  JOHN TYNDALL

WILLIAM THOMSON  –  GEORGE JOHNSTONE STONEY

AGNES CLERKE  –  JOHN JOLY  –  ERNEST WALTON

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PART 3B THE IRISH ALSO INVENTED WIND

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html

PART 4A WORLD ECONOMIES

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/worlds-biggest-economies-in-2017/

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/022415/worlds-top-10-economies.asp

IRISH ECONOMY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland

http://www.idaireland.com/docs/publications/Facts_Ireland_2015

PART 4B HOW PEOPLE DO BUSINESS AROUND THE WORLD

http://www.businessinsider.com/etiquette-tips-for-doing-business-abroad-2014-6?IR=T

www.business.com/international-business-etiquette-from-around-the-world/

http://uk.businessinsider.com/how-to-do-business-around-the-world

https://www.internations.org/magazine/cultural-differences-in-business-15308

POWER DISTANCE INDEX – www.clearlycultural.com/power-distance-index/

ON YOUR OWN

TRADING GAMES

https://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/sloman_game

http://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/the-trading-game/