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Inventions and Inventors |
The History of Invention
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
Use the timeline at the bottom of the pace to select an invention that has changed the way we live. |
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Zoom Inventions and Inventors
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/
Inventors listed alphabetically and by a timeline for primary and junior students. |
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Innovative Lives
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/
Some interesting stories of women inventors. |
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American Institute of Physics
http://www.aip.org/history/
Click on Exhibit Hall to find biographies of famous physicists such as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and others. |
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Great Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor/ind-rev-open.htm
Read out agriculture, textiles, steam, steel, transportation, technology inventions then take the on-line quiz. |
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The Great Idea Finder
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm
Inventions and inventors archived alphabetically and chronologically. |
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National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp
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Forgotten Inventions
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature/index.html
Find out who invented the can opener, blue jeans, the frisbee, the feather duster, gas mask, oil burner, blood bank. |
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Edison Invents
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/edison/default.asp
An online game that takes you through Edison's many inventions. |
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Medieval Technology Timeline
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Timeline.html
Text-based chronological listing of inventions from 500 AD to 1600 AD. |
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