Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Invention at Play
In this mind challenging and creative site, you will learn how play and inventiveness are related. Hear inventors' stories, set your own inventive thinking in motion, and see video commentaries about the nature of play and whether or not...
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Innovative Lives
At this site from the Smithsonian Institute you can explore the world of invention by learning about inventors and their inventions. Searchable by name or subject, it is a great way for students to learn about science and technology.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Innovation Exploration
Advance your way through everyday life by exploring the science all around you. Click on an innovation within each scene and answer each question to proceed to the next.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All Media: Nasa: The Invention Timeline
An interactive timeline of notable inventions and inventors from the 19th century to the present.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Farming Planted Seeds for the Internet
What does farming have to do with invention and innovation? Patricia Russac explores how farming was a major innovation leading to the civilization we know today. [3:59]
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries: Innovators Gallery
Who invented the tennis racket, Crayola Crayons or Tupperware? Smithsonian site invites users to explore the achievements of a variety of American innovators and inventors.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Highmark Renewables
Can you recover usable bio gas from cow manure? Read about Highmark Renewables and how they have invented the 'Integrated Manure Utilization System' to do just that!
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: Sectors of Discovery
The 11 Sectors of Discovery have been highlighted, with significant inventions by Albertan's highlighted in each category.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: The Inventions
What are some of the key inventions by Albertans? This site by the Heritage Community Foundation highlights many Albertan's significant inventions and has categorized them to make it accessible for learners.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Technological Innovation
A quick comprehension check of technological innovation in the Gilded Age.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 4: Innovation and Migration
This instructional task asks students to analyze the impact innovations had on the people and economies of the United States.
Read Works
Read Works: Inventions: Then and Now
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about popular inventions and how they have changed throughout the year, including: the telephone, the calculator, the television, and the clock. A question sheet is available to...
Other
Children's British History Encyclopedia: Victorian Discoveries and Inventions
An organized timeline featuring many important inventions and discoveries made in Britain during the Victorian period.
Other
Explora Vision: Explora Vision Official Web Site
ExploraVision is a highly interactive site for both educators and K-12 students. It encourages them to create and explore future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result...
abcteach
Abcteach: Inventors and Inventions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Find several scientific inventors and inventions with activities for students in primary grades through middle school. One lesson in particular integrates technology by focusing on the invention of the...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: The Inventors
Who are some of Alberta's significant persons in the area of inventions? This site by the Heritage Community Foundation provides categories, such as Agriculture, Transportation, Health, Home, and Sports, in which famous Alberta inventors...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Innovation in Renewable Energy Protects the Environment: Lesson Plan
Picture your nearest river or lake. How do people use it? Are you happy with the way it is treated and its relationship to your community? In this PBS NewsHour lesson, learners will explore inventions that harness the power of water to...
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: 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: 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: Dave Hygaard
Learn about the 'Arctic Chiller Water Bottle'--an invention from a Sherwood Park, Alberta, sandwich maker!
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.