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1. Locate any place in the United States Topograghy map or Arial map. 2. AFRICAN AMERICAN
INVENTORS
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~rlandrum/general.htm Information on African American inventors including a list of inventors and their inventions, African American Inventors in the Railway System, African American Inventors Series: Peanut Products, and African American Inventors: Special Mention. Excellent 3. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL – THE INVENTOR
http://www.fitzgeraldstudio.com/html/bell/inventor.html Explores the work of Alexander Graham Bell who’s most famous invention, the telephone, has overshadowed his work on kites and hydrofoils. Sections: Telephone Introduction, Early Telephone, Telephone, Flight Introduction, Tetrahedron, The Silver Dart, Early Hydrofoil Models, The HD-4, and Inventing the Future. Includes QTVR movies of the kite room at his lab and the hydrofoil. Excellent 4. ANCIENT CHINESE
TECHNOLOGY – A THINKQUEST SITE
http://library.thinkquest.org/23062/index.html A student-created site on the inventions and technology developed by the ancient Chinese. Sections: Introduction, Agriculture, Engineering, Domestic & Industrial Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Warfare, Transportation, and Nature Discovery. Includes inventions such as paper money, matches, hot-air balloons, gunpowder and much more. Good photos. Excellent 5. ASK THE INVENTORS
http://www.asktheinventors.com/ An advice and resource site for aspiring inventors. Sections: Poster Contest, How to Invent, Don’t Be Scammed, Our Invention, FAQ, Helpful Links, Patent Libraries and more. Excellent 6. BE AN INVENTOR –
THEMATIC UNIT
http://etc.sccoe.org/I99/inventor.html A unit for grades 1-6 “This is a thematic unit based on inventors and inventions. Be an Inventor is a student centered unit designed to motivate students to create their own inventions. Throughout the unit, students will be completing on-line and off-line activities. The lessons included in this unit will introduce students to famous inventors, trademarks, patents, and the process of formulating an invention”. Sections: Overview, Purpose, Timeline, and six Lesson Plans. Excellent 7. BRAIN SPIN –
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
http://www.att.com/technology/forstudents/brainspin/alexbell/ A fun lesson on the work of Alexander Graham Bell. Includes interactive activities. Excellent 8. EDISON AFTER FORTY
http://americanhistory.si.edu/edison/ Edison’s two most famous inventions were developed before he was 40. This site follows his later years as he developed larger laboratories and worked on new inventions. Sections: The Challenge of Success, Before Forty, Changes at 40, Home Life, The New Technical World, Fame & Its Distractions, and Edison in His Eighties. Includes lots of photos. Excellent 9. EXPLORAVISION –
IMAGINE THE FUTURE
http://www.toshiba.com/tai/exploravision/ A competition for students grades k-12 to encourage students to use science and technology in new ways. Sections: How to Enter, Request an Entry Kit, Past Winners K-12, For Teachers Only, ExploraVision Extra!, and more. Excellent 10. EXPLORING LEONARDO
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/ A look at the life and work of the scientist, inventor, and artist Leonardo da Vinci. Sections: Inventor’s Workshop, Leonardo’s Perspective, Leonardo’s Right to Left, What-Where-When?, Additional Resources and a Teacher’s Guide. Includes classroom activities. Excellent 11. FARNOVISION – THE
FARNSWORTH CHRONICLES Philo T. Farnsworth was a bored youth plowing the family farm when he began the dream which led to television. Sections: Introduction, The Farnsworth Chronicles Who Invented What…And When?, Before Philo, Video Library ( with clips) and links. Excellent 12. GANDER ACADEMY’S
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/inventors.htm A Canadian school site on inventors. Sections: General Invention Resources, American Inventors, Female Inventors, Selected Inventions, Australian Inventors, Inventor Museums, Inventor Lists on the Web, British Inventions, Impact on Society, Totally Absurd Inventions on the Web, Canadian Inventors, Leonardo da Vinci, Canadian Medical Inventors, and Teacher Resources. (Note: Some broken links.). Excellent 13. HEADBONE DERBY: IZ
AND AUGGIE AND THE INVENTION SNATCHERS
http://www.headbone.com/derby/invent/main.b.html “With this Derby, students will learn the fundamentals of Internet research and discover challenging ideas about inventors and how inventions come to be.” There are seven projects: Time Flies… So Duck!; Hold the Presses!; If You Can’t Stand the Heat…; How Many Inventors Does it Take?; Pedal Power!; Dr. Serendipity; and Future Shock. Includes an extensive Teacher’s Guide. Excellent 14. HOW THINGS WORK
http://www.iao.com/howthing/Default.htm “So much has happened since the end of World War II. We have seen the Atomic Age, the Computer Age and the Space Age. Isn't it amazing? A whole era has been concentrated into a brief lifetime. However, these wonders are liable to become ignored and taken for granted. We are able to flick a switch, press a button or even put a coin in the slot and expect things to happen without asking...How? Well, we would like to provide you with the opportunity to find out just "How Things Work". Search the links from A to Z. Excellent 15. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/patent/srs136_text.html Lists of inventions, date, inventor, and nationality of inventor. Sections: Calculating Machines & Computing, Cloth & Clothing, Communications, Construction, Electricity & Electronics, Food & Agriculture, Medicine & Biotechnology, Industrial Materials, Scientific Instruments & Devices, Transportation & Energy, and Warfare. Excellent 16. INNOVATIVE ENGINEERS OF THE RENAISSANCE – LEONARDO DA VINCI
http://www.imss.firenze.it/news/mostra/6/index.html Although famous for centuries as a painter, da Vinci was also an accomplished engineer who left drawings of fantastic machines. The first robot? The first airplane? This site tells you more. Sections: Leonardo the Engineer, Leonardo’s Manuscripts, Studies on Flight, Anatomy, Leonardo’s Robot, and the Anatomy of Machines. Includes photos and facsimiles of his manuscripts and drawings. Excellent 17. INNOVATIVE LIVES
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/ilives/index.html Profiles of 26 inventors/inventions for such items as the pacemaker, solar shingles, and colored cotton. Focuses primarily on recent inventions. Excellent 18. INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT – INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson120.shtml Education World’s Internet Scavenger Hunt on Inventors and Inventions. There are two, for younger and older students. Excellent 19. INVENTING MODERN
AMERICA – FROM THE MICROWAVE TO THE MOUSE
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/ima/ Profiles the life and work of five innovators through qualities such as vision, courage and perseverance. Includes fun games and links. Excellent 20. INVENTION DIMENSION
http://web.mit.edu/invent/index.html M.I.T.’s invention section including the Lemelson/MIT Awards Program, Inventor of the Week Archives, The Inventor’s Handbook, Invention-Related Links and Resources. Excellent 21. INVENTORS AND
INVENTIONS THEME PAGE – LESSON PLANS, UNITS
http://www.cln.org/themes/inventors.html “links to two types of resources related to the study of inventors and inventions. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme.” Excellent 22. INVENTORS/INVENTIONS
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/inventor.html A terrific list of links to information on inventors and inventions. Sections: Information/Research Sites, Online/Offline Lesson Plans, Online/Offline Activities. Excellent 23. INVENTORS,
INVENTIONS AND SCIENTISTS – THEMES AND UNITS
http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/invent.htm Resources, lesson plans, handouts, Web-based Activities, Literacy, Worksheets and more. Excellent 24. THE INVENTORS ONLINE
MUSEUM
http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/ Online exhibits on inventors and inventions. Sections: African-American Inventors, Colonial Inventors, Communications Inventions, Earth Sciences, Fun & Games, Medical Inventions, Space, Transportation Tech, War Tech, Women Inventors, Featured Inventor, Join the Museum, and an Inventor's IQ Test. Terrific site. Excellent 25. INVENTORS WORLD
MAGAZINE
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~robodyne/inventors-world/ Online issues of Inventors World magazine with seven issues online. Excellent 26. MEDIEVAL CHINESE
INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/chinin/chinintg.htm An online museum “designed to provide a collection of electronic artifacts and information resources for a unit on inventions and innovation of the Chinese during the medieval times. It is designed to strengthen the background knowledge of students as they study the discovery, use, adaptations, and effects during the medieval time through the present.” Sections: Foyer (Introduction), Paper & Paper Money, Printing, Compass, Explosives, Toys & Games, and Projects (Map, Timeline, Chinese Game, more). Excellent 27. THE NATIONAL GALLERY FOR AMERICA’S YOUNG INVENTORS
http://www.pafinc.com/nat_gal.htm A program established to complement the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, every year six young people in grades K-12 are inducted into the National Gallery of America’s Young Inventors. Includes lists of inductees and their inventions. Excellent 28. THE NATIONAL
INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
http://www.invent.org/book/index.html The official site of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Sections include: The Inventors (alphabetical index), The Index of Inventions, Timeline of Inventors/Inventions, video clips of recent inductions and more. Excellent 29. SMITHSONIAN
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/invent.htm Spotlights inventors and inventions including: African American Inventors, Women Inventors of the 20th Century, Edison after 40, and much more. Excellent 30. TEACHERSFIRST
INVENTOR’S WORKSHOP
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor/index.htm A unit of study for upper elementary and middle school teachers. Sections: Unit on Inventors of the Industrial Revolution, A Quiz on Inventors of the Industrial Revolution and a List of Invention and Inventor Resources. Excellent 31. TRANSISTORIZED! THE
HISTORY OF THE INVENTION OF THE TRANSISTOR
http://www.pbs.org/transistor/index.html A PBS site on the invention of the transistor, the precursor to the microchip. Sections: History, Science, Timeline, TV Show (incl. online clips), Glossary, Interactive (two experiments). Includes an online Teacher’s Guide with four lessons that can be downloaded and printed. Excellent 32. USPTO KIDS’ PAGE
http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/kidgames.html The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s kids' site with terrific games and activities. Includes a teachers section but no lesson plans. Games: Trademark Treasures, Goldmine, Inventor IQ, Whodunit?, Chicken or Egg?, Matching Fun, Mousetraps and We Dare You. Excellent 33. WEBQUEST- AUSTRALIAN
INVENTIONS
http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/hbutler/austinvent/webquest.htm A web quest on Australian inventors and inventions. Sections: Introduction, Question, Background Information, Individual Roles, Group Process, Rubric, Conclusion, and Teacher’s Guide. Excellent 34. ZOOM INVENTORS AND
INVENTIONS
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/ A huge amount of information for elementary students on inventors and inventions. Excellent http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/Lesson_Plans/China/LP_china_8.htm Classroom activity on the many inventions developed by the Chinese. Designed to change students’ perceptions that the Chinese are not technologically advanced. Very Good 36. THE FACES OF SCIENCE
– AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE SCIENCES – INVENTORS
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html Scroll down to the Inventors section to get information on African American inventors such as Granville Woods, Lewis Howard Latimer, and Madame C.J. Walker. Very Good 37. GREAT AFRICAN
AMERICAN INVENTORS AND ENGINEERS
http://www.uwm.edu/StudentOrg/NSBE/bie.html Includes a long list of African American inventors and information about their creations. Very Good 38. GREAT INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS - A
THINKQUEST SITE
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5847/ A student-created site on great inventors and their inventions. Sections: Hall of Fame, Games (crossword, word search, maze), Timeline, Links, Quiz, Bibliography, and Share Inventions. Very Good 39. HISTORICAL
INVENTIONS A-Z
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm Links to inventions from Adhesives to the Zipper from About.com. A starting point for students. Very Good 40. HISTORY OF
INVENTIONS
http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html An inventions timeline (from 8000 years BC to the present) Students can nominate inventions and inventors for the timeline or use the links to study each in more detail. Very Good 41. INVENTING A NEW KIND
OF PENCIL
http://www.noogenesis.com/inventing/pencil/pencil_page.html A fun site for kids on ways to redesign the common pencil. What works? What doesn’t? What can be added or changed? Fun. Very Good 42. INVENTIONS! WILD AND
WACKY GAMES
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/inventions/ Please these five fun games on the subject of inventions. Win tokens to run the machine when you’re finished. Very Good 43. INVENTOR ED’S KIDS
INVENTOR RESOURCES
http://www.inventored.org/k-12/ Lots of links for kids on inventors, the history of selected inventions, and much more. Very Good 44. INVENTORS AND
ENTREPRENEURS – A CLASSROOM ACTIVITY
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM62 Not every inventor is an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur will take an invention and pull together the resources to put the product onto the market place. Students learn here the difference between inventors and entrepreneurs and explore the importance of both. Includes activities and resource links. Very Good 45. LEARN ABOUT WHAT IT
TAKES TO BE AN INVENTOR – STUDY UNIT
http://mustang.coled.umn.edu/inventing/inventing.html To become an inventor you must first become a scout, then a wizard, then a critic and then a trail blazer. Along the way you use resources to develop your invention and refine your ideas. Included are questions and guidelines for students. Very Good 46. MEET GIRL INVENTORS!
http://www.girltech.com/Invention/IN_inventors.html Meet several young women who have seen a need and filled it with an invention. Very Good 47. MOUSESITE
http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/ Explores the history of human computer interaction beginning in the 1960s. Sections: Persons, Devices, Culture, Context, Forum, Archive, Links and more. The Archive is extensive and includes interviews and photos of people, devices and much more. Very Good 48. MUSEUM OF ANCIENT
INVENTIONS
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/home.htm We tend to think of inventions as a modern phenomenon but people have been inventing things as long as they’ve been around. This online museum shows some of the ancient inventions with photos and descriptions. Very Good 49. ROBERT FULTON –
ENGINEER AND ARTIST
http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/dickinson/ A lengthy online biography of Robert Fulton, from his interest in developing submarines to the steam engine. Very Good 50. RUBE GOLDBERG TODAY
http://www.rubegoldberg.com/index.html Known for his cartoons of contraptions that used everyday times to build elaborate machines to accomplish simple tasks, Rube Goldberg’s ideas continue and have inspired numerous contests around the country. Sections: Rube Goldberg Today, Rube Goldberg Biography, Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, Rube Goldberg Information, and more. Very Good 51. SPOTLIGHT:BIOGRAPHY:
INVENTORS
http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/inventors1.html A Smithsonian site with brief biographies of inventors and lots of links to further information about them and their inventions. Very Good 52. SUPER SCIENTISTS – A GALLERY OF ENERGY PIONEERS
http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/scientists/index.html Profiles 15 energy engineers/inventors. Very Good 53. THE TOP TEN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTORS
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/ A Scholastic site for grades 3-4 on ten African-American Inventors: Very Good 54. WACKY PATENT OF THE
MONTH
http://colitz.com/site/wacky.htm Recognizes selected inventors and their remarkable and unconventional patented inventions. Includes patent information, description and the diagrams submitted for the patent. Sections: Patent of the Month, Patenting, Prior Wacky Patents, and Inventor Links. Very Good 55. WHY DID THE ANCIENTS
NOT DEVELOP MACHINERY?
http://www.southwestern.edu/academic/classical.languages/rciv/machinery.html An article for high school students explaining why the ancients didn’t invent machines sooner. Good background information. Very Good
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/patentlyweird/ A humorous look at some of the most unusual inventions. Fun. Good 57. AFRICAN-AMERICAN
INVENTORS DATABASE
http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/glptc/aaid_table.htm A long chart with the inventor, invention, date, patent number and notes. No additional information about each invention. Good 58. BUILD IT YOURSELF
TOY LABORATORY
http://northshore.shore.net/~biy/ “Ever dream that your toys could do more than they do? Use the best parts from LEGO®, K'NEX®, Radio Shack®, the local hardware store. Add junk from around the house, a cup full of your imagination and stamp it: "Made In Another Universe" “Build-It-Yourself publishes an on-going series of multimedia files (animated plans and building tips) that inspire kids between 8 - 16 years to build whimsical toys. Projects incorporate commonly found materials, LEGO Dacta parts and programmable microcomputers.” Sections: Join the Crew, Missions, and Hot Shots. Good 59. CHINESE INVENTIONS
– A THINKQUEST SITE
http://library.thinkquest.org/15618/index.htm We tend to think of inventions as having origins in Europe, but the Chinese were avid inventors, too. This site explores several Chinese inventions. Sections: History, Inventions and Inventors, Implications, and China’s Future. Good 60. CLUB GIRL TECH
http://www.girltech.com/Invention/IN_menu_frame.html A cool place to learn about inventors and their inventions. Includes a Kooky Invention Page and Teacher’s page for teaching about inventing. Good 61. CYBERSLEUTH KIDS –
INVENTORS
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/Inventors/ Information for kids on inventors such as Samuel Morse, George Eastman, Charles Babbage and more. Plus links to other sites. Good 62. DISCOVER GAMES A resource for game inventors to promote and showcase their games. Includes help for inventors getting started. Good 63. THE ELI WHITNEY
MUSEUM Information on the Eli Whitney Museum, a biography, exhibits and an online MOOseum. Good 64. FORGOTTEN INVENTORS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature/index.html Features brief paragraphs about little known inventors of such items as the gas mask, can opener, blue jeans, and oil burner. Good 65 HUNGARIAN INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
http://www.hpo.hu/English/inventor/eindex.html While we are most familiar with American, British or French inventors, there were inventors working in all countries. This site lists the work of Hungarian inventors. Good 66. JAMES WATT BY ANDREW
CARNEGIE
http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/carnegie/ A short online book by Andrew Carnegie on the work of James Watt with steam. A personal account. Good 67. JOSEPH HENRY AND THE
HEROIC INVENTORS
http://www1.umn.edu/scitech/jh_henry1.htm “Henry was one of the scientists responsible for developing an understanding of electro-magnetism that allowed for the invention of a number of useful technologies.” This site explores the work of Joseph Henry and compares it with the work of Michael Farraday. Good 68. INVENTIONS LESSON
PLAN
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/lang/ceclang/ceclang079.html A lesson plan for grades 7-12 designed to help students understand the relationship between things and words by developing inventions and finding ways to describe them. Sections: Overview, Purpose, Objectives, Resources, Activities, Day Two, Day Three, and Tying It All Together. Good 69. THE INVENTOR’S CLUB
http://www.dkonline.com/twtw2/private/club/index.html A site for kids on inventors and inventions. Sections: Invention of the Month, Inventor of the Month and Home Inventor. You can see previous inventors and inventions plus do experiments. Good 70. INVENTORS’ CLUB
– SCIENCE/ART ACTIVITY
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/cando/invent.html A classroom for science or art in which children discuss how machines help us do things and then develop machines to help them do things they want to do. Sections: What You Need, What To Do, and Teaching Options. Good 71. INVENTORS,
INVENTIONS, INVENT-NET – THE INVENTORS NETWORK Provides help for inventors in doing patent searches, finding patent attorneys, chat room, forms, scams, and much more. A site for aspiring inventors. Good 72. JOHN’S WORD SEARCH
PUZZLES – INVENTORS
http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/inventors.html A word search puzzle to print out using the names of inventors. Good 73. LEVI STRAUSS – THE
INVENTION OF LEVI’S JEANS
http://www.levistrauss.com/about/history/jeans.htm The invention of blue jeans in 1873 turned fashion around as they became one of the most recognizable and worn items of clothing in the world. This site contains a brief article on their invention along with a history of denim fabric. Good 74. THE MANY FACES OF
COMMUNICATION – A THINKQUEST SITE
http://library.thinkquest.org/17844/ A student site on the many ways people have invented forms of communication, from +body language, to printing, to post, radio, television and more. Includes a section on making your own cartoon. Good 75. NSTA YOUNG INVENTORS
AWARDS PROGRAM
http://www.nsta.org/programs/craftsman/ A competition for young inventors grades 2-8. Provides information on teacher support. Good 76. THE ONLINE ANTIQUE
PHONOGRAPH GALLERY
http://www.inkyfingers.com/Record.html A photo gallery of personal collections of antique phonographs. Good 77. PET INVENTIONS –
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/pets/invent.html An activity for elementary students in which they “invent” something to make their pets’ lives easier. Sections: What You Need, What to Do. Good 78. THE REAL McCOY –
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/realmccoy.htm An activity for elementary students based on the life of Elijah McCoy, an African-American inventor who may have inspired the expression “the real McCoy”. This is developed to cover other inventors and inventions. Good 79. REINVENTING THE PAST
– A THINKQUEST SITE
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002039F/ A student site focusing on inventors Alexander Graham Bell, George Eastman, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and The Wright Brothers. The lives and inventions of each are discovered. For elementary students. Includes a Crossword Puzzle. Good 80. TASTEFUL INVENTIONS
AND PRODUCT DEBUTS
http://hometown.aol.com/acalendar/February/11th.html Want to know the inventor of the egg beater? Twinkies? Shredded Wheat? They’re all here along with other food related items and gadgets. (Note: Some commercial content). Good 81. TECHNOLOGY TIMELINE
– 1752-1990
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/timeline_text.html A timeline of technological advances from 1752’s Lightning Rod to 1990s Hubble Telescope. Good 82. THEREMIN Although electronic music didn’t come into the mainstream until the 1970s, the first electronic music instrument was developed in the 1930s, the Theremin. This site details his work and those who used the Theremin to compose. Good 83. WEBQUEST: THE
HISTORY OF COMPUTING
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq80/ A web quest in which groups of students investigate the history of computing and computers. Sections: The Task, Resources, Online Resources, The Process, and Conclusion. Good 84. WHO COOKED THAT UP?
http://members.home.net/jjschnebel/cookin.html
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