Article focusing on Garrett Morgan, inventor of the traffic signal, gas mask, and an innovative hair straightener. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

A brief biography of Jan Matzeliger, an African-American inventor who revolutionized the shoe manufacturing industry. Read about his early troubles and how he graciously lived his life. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio...

A brief biography of African-American inventor, Lewis Latimer. Read about his association with both Hiram Maxim and Thomas Edison in developing the incandescent light bulb. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

This article names six factors that must exist in order for a species to be domesticated by humans. Includes analysis of diet, growth rate, breeding, personality, disposition, and social structure. This is a transcript of an accompanying...

A link to all the hispanic countries with their radio and TV stations available through RealAudio. With luck you may find a weather broadcast live on a station you're listening to. Interesting either way!

This is a companion site to a PBS broadcast of a 4th of July concert held in Washington, DC. Features quizzes, history of the holiday, patriotic reflections, and information on the concert itself.

"Rated 'M' for middle school," Math TV invites you to tune in each week for videos of word problems being solved. Back episodes are available in subjects such as percentages, number sense, and fractions. Watch a problem worked out, then...

Do you need to write a paper for your Science class? Want to create a public service announcement to broadcast during your school's morning announcements? Or, do you need to make a digital slideshow for a small group project? If so,...

Read this transcript or listen to the broadcast of a radio program about the books and characters created by Nevil Shute, who called himself "an engineer who wrote books."

A transcript, from a syndicated radio broadcast, that discusses the life and scientific accomplishments of Count Rumford. An anecdotal account of Rumford's contribution to our understanding of heat. Contains a good deal of biographical...

A commentary on bush pilots and the development of flying to remote areas. The 3-minute discussion focuses on the history of the development of bush flying and how flight made accessing remote areas of a country possible. This is a...

A short discussion about the invention of the submarine and its use by both the Confederates and the Federals in the Civil War. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

Broadcast journalist, Leslie Dodson, presents research that focuses on the intersection of micro-enterprise and digital technologies in developing communities in Africa. Dodson discusses how hard it is to be a journalist and the special...

An interesting account of Rudolf Diesel and his invention of the diesel engine. The text is the actual transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast called "Engines of Ingenuity." Outstanding information on Diesel and his engine invention.

Describes the life of Hero of Alexandria and discusses Hero's contribution to the development of the steam engine. Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast on invention and ingenuity.

An essay on the life and work of Sandro Botticelli, famed artist of the Italian Renaissance, with wonderful reproductions of two of his acclaimed works, "La Primavera" and "Birth of Venus." Part of a larger site on the Renaissance...

Use this activity to help your students view any political debate from local to national, historical to live broadcast. Preview candidates, issues, expectations, and details about the location and moderators. Track what the candidates...

A discussion of Robert Fulton's and Henry Shreve's contribution to the evolution of the steamboat. Includes photos of early steamboats and some biographical information on Fulton. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated...

Traces the historical evolution of the diesel engine. Explains the distinction between gasoline engines and diesel engines. Discusses the uses of diesel engines. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. (Text is the actual radio...

Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the first episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State") broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying how and when the Nazis...

Discusses the technological and political conditions which led to Robert Fulton's invention and development of the submarine. Includes some biographical information and some graphics of early submarine sketches. (Text is the actual radio...