Inventors and Inventions

Informational Sites

Individual Inventors Interactive Sites

 

 

Informational Sites

American Inventors and Inventions - information about American inventors and their invention

Ancient Inventions - information on ancient inventions

Black Inventors - a database list of African American patent holders and individual biographies of African American inventors

Blacks in Technology: Past and Present  - biographies of seven black inventors

Chinese Inventions - information on Chinese inventions such as paper making, gun powder, etc.

Clothesline Biographies - biographies written by second graders from Pocantico Hills including some inventors

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences - biographies of Africa-American biologists, biochemists, inventors, etc. Intermediate

Famous Inventors: From A to Z - brief description of inventors from A-Z also state list of inventors

 

Flight Timeline - timeline for development of aircraft

 

Flights of Inspiration - aviation inventors Forgotten Inventors - inventors of every day items The Great Idea Finder - is a place to explore the exciting world of innovation. Greatest Inventions - Thinkquest - has inventors, invention and timeline

History of ... - database of web pages that start with "History of" many informational sites

 

Important Historical Inventors and Inventions - list of invention, year invented, nationality of inventor, and inventor's name

Hall of Fame Index of Inventors - can search by inventor, invention, induction date, and decade

Invent Now - informational site

Invention Dimension includes inventor of the week, inventor's handbook, games and trivia, and links Invention Playhouse - a look at different forms of creativity
Inventors and Innovation - resource to websites on inventors Iz and Auggie and the Invention Snatchers - students will learn the fundamentals of Internet research and discover challenging ideas about inventors and how inventions come to be Kids Invent - site to help kids learn to invent Learn About What it Takes to be an Inventor - teaches students what it takes to be an inventor Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation -  is a place to explore the exciting world of invention
National Geographic Inventions - activities dealing with inventions

People and Discoveries - description of discovery and biographies of inventors  

Picture in the Box - description of television and how it works

Pieces of Science - description of inventions as well as online activities

Reinventing the Past: Famous Inventions - Thinkquest Junior information on inventions written by fifth graders 

One Hundred Greatest Inventions and Discoveries - timeline and information on one hundred inventions

The Revolutionaries - about inventors from the Silicon Valley

Spotlight Biography - Inventors - biography of famous inventors

Technology in 1900's inventions of the 1900's

Technology Timeline timeline of inventions

The Telephone - all about the telephone

They Made America - American history is filled with the stories of influential innovators, whose ideas and entrepreneurial spirit gave birth to commercial milestones like the steamboat and cultural touchstones like the Barbie doll US History Inventers and Entrepreneurs - lesson on inventors and entrepreneurs and how they differ  US Patent and Trademark Office Kids Page - more about inventors and intellectual property - patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets

Wonka Factory Invention Room - games and activities about inventions

Zoom Inventors and Inventions - brief description of inventions and inventors for Primary and Intermediate

 

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Page updated November 02, 2004

 

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