| Arthur Fry |
| This site is the Post-it Note story. |
| Bette Nesmith |
| This site is the story of Bette Nesmith, the woman who invented correction fluid for typing. |
| Charles Goodyear |
| This site is the story of how Charles Goodyear invented weatherproof rubber. |
| Invent America! |
| INVENT AMERICA! is a nonprofit K-8 teacher-created program that helps kids learn by inventing. |
| Invention Convention |
| The Invention Convention is an event that gives students an opportunity to demonstrate these skills independently as they invent a new product or process. Students may require adult assistance with the reading. |
| Invention Dimension |
| The Lemelson-MIT Program awards apprenticeships to deserving high school students who show special achievement. Also on the site are links to other Inventions sites and daily facts about different inventions. Students may require adult assistance with the reading. |
| Inventor Hall of Fame |
| This site is a list of inventors presented in alphabetical order. You can click on any name and get information about that inventor. Students may require assistance with the reading level |
| Leonardo’s Inventor Workshop |
| This site is full of interesting information and activities that would be useful for the Levers and Pulleys and the Ideas and Inventions Modules. The Mysterious Machinery page prompts students to view one of Leonardo’s drawings and guess the use. The Visions of the Future page compares modern day machines with the drawings of Leonardo’s ideas. Gadget Anatomy allows the student after studying simple machines to analyze the types of that are used to make various tools. |
| Philo T. Farnsworth |
| This site is a short biography of Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of television. |
| Toshiba ExploraVision Awards |
| A competition for all students in grades K-12, designed to encourage students to combine their imagination with their knowledge of science and technology to explore a vision of the future. |
| Transistorized! |
| This brief introduction outlines personalities and organizations involved in the history of the transistor. |
| Tryscience.org Field Trips |
| Use an interactive map of the world to find and explore a science and technology center or museum near you. You can also find online adventures and field trips, ideas for experiments at home, plus live webcams. TryScience.org is your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. TryScience is brought to you through a partnership between IBM Corporation, the New York Hall of Science (NYHOS), the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), and science centers worldwide. |
| Wonderwise: Women in Science Learning Series |
| Introduces you to women who have made science their career. You can take several field trips, including space geology, African plant exploration, and urban ecology. |
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