Here you will find a wide variety of enrichment activities, information and games to enhance the book "Honus and Me."

Great reference tool from the National Postal Museum online exhibits for learning about the life of legendary baseball star, Roberto Clemente, who was honored twice with a postage stamp in his memory. Includes images of memorabilia and...

This site, from the NBA, offers a thorough summary of the life and career of basketball legend "Pistol" Pete Maravich. Content also includes video.

The National Inventors Museum highlights Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown for their work with the antifungal antibiotic, nystatin.

Biographical information about William R. Hewlett, co-founder of the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard.

Read a brief bio on the inventor of the broad spectrum antibiotic, tetracycline.

This website provides a biography of Charles Kettering (1876-1958) and describes his inventions for the automobile, including an electrical ignition system.

Read a brief bio on Willem J. Kolff, inventor of the artificial kidney dialysis machine, and learn the extent to which this invention is being used in the U.S.

This site provides biographical information on Baruch S. Blumberg, inventor of the Hepatitis B vaccine.

Learn about one of the scientists responsible for inventing insulin for use by diabetics. Read a brief biography on James Collip, and follow links to inventors who worked with Collip, Charles Best and Frederick Banting.

This site provides a brief biography on William D. Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, also known as the "Coolidge tube."

Learn about Thomas Fogarty, inventor of the embolectomy catheter, a "device [that] allows a thin balloon to be inserted into a patient's artery and guided through an occlusion." Read about the invention's impact and the inventor's career.

This site provides a very brief bio on Dr. John Gibbon, inventor of the heart-lung machine that he used to "complete the first open-heart operation." Learn about the invention's impact on the medical world.

Read about Stephen Heilman, co-inventor of the automatic implantable defibrillator, "a device that detects and corrects heart arrhythmias in patients who would otherwise die from sudden cardiac death."

Read about the inventor of the CAT Scan, Robert S. Ledley. This site includes a brief bio and information on the invention's impact on the medical world and patients.

Read about Alois A. Langer, a member of "the medical team that invented the first automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Also, learn how this invention impacts the medical world.

This site has a short biographical sketch about the inventor of "The Bird," a respirator that helped to infants with respiratory problems.

Famous jewels have been stolen from the Country Music Hall of Fame! The Dastardly Disguiser is a suspect, but we need to find out just how many disguise combinations he can use.

Brief biography of the scientist who is recognized for determining organic molecular structure and the synthesis of many steroids.

This site honors Harold Stephen Black for his inventions of the wave translation system and the negative feedback amplifier. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor as well as a look at how his inventions have impacted society.

Biographical information and a photograph of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.

Read about Samuel Blum, inventor of the laser technique used in LASIK eye surgery. This page includes a bio and a brief explanation of how Blum discovered that lasers could be used in surgery.

Read about Raymond V. Damadian, inventor of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and learn how the MRI has impacted the field of medicine.

Learn about the inventor of the medical cardiac pacemaker, Wilson Greatbatch. This site provides a brief bio on Greatbatch, information on the invention's impact, and a portrait of the inventor.