Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Earl and Harold Kirchner
Learn about the "Kirchner Haysweep", invented by Earl and Harold Kirchner who were farmers near Tilley, Alberta in the 1930s.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Fredrick Von Engelhardt
Learn about Fredrick von Engelhardt and his invention of extremely efficient as well as environmentally conscious, ceramic bricks.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Edward Jordan
Explore Edward Jordan and his invention of the "Peak Limiter" which solved two common problems found in broadcast studios--sibilant "s" and the vocal tics of high-pitched voices.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Raymond
Learn about Raymond "Sugar Ray" Lemieux's synthesis of carbohydrates as you read about his life and his invention of "Synthetic Sugar".
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dr. Jacqueline Shan & Dr. Peter Pang
CV Technologies,an Edmonton biotech company founded by Dr. Shan who co-invented "Cold-Fx" and is highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: James Gibbons
James Gibbons' invention of the "Grizzly Screen" and his biography are highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Elias Bjarni
Elias Bjarni "Ole" Olson is credited for using the first coloured ice in a curling game and inventing the standard rubber curling hack. Read his biography and explore some of Olson's other achievements.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Ed Adams
Learn about Ed Adams and his invention of 'Mobile Gas Tank Leak Testing Technology'.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dave Hygaard
Learn about the 'Arctic Chiller Water Bottle'--an invention from a Sherwood Park, Alberta, sandwich maker!
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Karl Clark
Karl Clark and his inventions in the area of the oilfields 'Method for Separating Bituminous Sands' and 'Royalite Oil' are highlighted in this biography.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dean and Tracey Ricard
Raw Dog Food--invented by Dean and Tracey Ricard--is highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A History of Wonderful Inventions by Henry G. Bohn
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A History of Wonderful Inventions by Henry G. Bohn(1861), a history of inventors and inventions such as the compass, gunpowder, clocks, printing, and more.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Science and Invention
Module with links to resources and videos on science, inventions and technology of the 19th and 20th Centuries that changed the course of American history.
Other
Toaster Museum Foundation: The Cyber Toaster Museum
Breakfast without toast? It wasn't until the early 1900s that this amazing invention was discovered. Learn interesting and fascinating facts behind the invention of the toaster while viewing pictures of the many different designs through...
Other
Little Inventors: Ingenious Ideas!
Here you will find examples of inventions created by children. They submit their ideas along with drawings and plans. Many of these are made into real objects and posted for the inventors to see what they would look like in real life....
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Inventors and Innovators Improve on the Original
This lesson plan focuses on discussion of inventions, brainstorming new products or improvements, and identifying the protection, production, and marketing processes.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Innovative Lives: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar, the Wonder Fiber
Smithsonian site features Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of kevlar. Learn about her famous discovery and the road she took to get there. Contains links to read more about women inventors.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Inventive Women Part 1
Students will learn about female inventors and their contributions to American technology.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Racing: A Diversity of Innovation
American auto racing has a century long history of grass roots invention. From an American-European rivalry to uniquely American forms of racing, the history of racing includes business interests, enthusiastic fans, and alternative...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Bernie Stene and Lional Desmarais
Learn about Bernie Stene and Lional Desmarais's "Rail Mount Plowing System", a method to lay thousands of kilometres of the cable without disrupting railway traffic.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: George Clynch
Read the biography of George Clynch and learn about his 'Laser Digitizer System' that is designed to build socket pieces on custom prosthetics.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Jack Stothart and Howard Fredeen
What is the only breed of farm livestock to originate in Canada? Learn about Jack Stothart and Howard Fredeen and their development of the Lacombe swine.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Grant Skinner
Canada's top Macromedia Flash Developer, Grant Skinner, is highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Invent a Biobot
Make a robot that moves like a living creature using a microcontroller, motors, and mechanisms with this challenge. Also, on this challenge find a lesson plan, tips, and a place for students to document their engineering design process.