Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Industrial Revolution Inventions
The Industrial Revolution is a phrase that encompasses the massive changes in agriculture and manufacturing processes during the 18th and 19th centuries that transformed the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society....
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees
The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) recognizes the enduring legacies of exceptional U.S. patent holders. Inventors not only create new inventions, but they can create new industries that employ millions of people. Their...
BBC
Bbc News: The Road to Riches: The 2nd Industrial Revolution
A brief look at some of the inventions and technologies associated with the second industrial revolution, which came into existence thanks to the new discoveries made by chemists and physicists. Offers a look at how these advancements...
FNO Press
From Now On: Building Good New Ideas
An article, from the online journal From Now On, that discusses a wide range of issues related to originality of thought--the kind of thinking that leads to new ideas, innovation, and creative problem solving. Covers a variety of...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: George Eastman
A biography of George Eastman, who revolutionized photography with his innovations in film and photograph development. From the MIT School of Engineering.
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...
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: The Victorians: Inventions
Find out about several major developments that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during the Victorian period.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: An Era of Innovation
Students research and learn about the history of transportation. Groups design and present a decade in transportation exhibits to share with the class.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Inventors and Inventions 1
Pupils research and explore the importance of two inventions that people use every day: sticky notes and Velcro.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: An Era of Innovation
Students research and learn about the history of transportation. Groups design and present a decade in transportation exhibits to share with the class.
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: The Victorians: Inventions Timeline
An organized timeline featuring major developments and inventions that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during Queen Victoria's reign.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Nasa Online: Invention Process: Brain Teasers
Interactive brain games that challenge thinking and creativity skills.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Frances Kallal
Learn about the "hoe-rake" invented by Frances Kallal, who was one of the few women innovators from the early 20th century.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Stephen Snow Sears
Learn about Stephen Sears, an Albertan who patented an invention, a weed killer, in 1929, in addition to modifying a Stook Loader.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Peter Jacobs
Peter Jacobs invented many interesting items in his life, including the famous 'Jaycopter'. Explore this site by the Heritage Community Foundation to find out more about Peter Jacobs and his inventions.
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 instructional activity, learners will explore inventions that harness the...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: James Gosling
Read about James Gosling who is widely known for his invention of Oak, the precursor to Java, which was the first general purpose programming language.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: John and Nicholas Boychuk
John and Nicholas Boychuk invented the "Boychuk Stooker" which has been called one of the greatest labour-saving devices created. Read about the Boychuck Brothers and their invention 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!
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Charles Sherwood Noble
One of Alberta's greater known inventors, Charles Noble, is explored through his biography and his impact on soil erosion, the invention of the "Noble Blade" and the history of Nobleford, a community in southern Alberta named for him.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Alex Taylor
Learn about Alex Taylor--Edmonton's first telegrapher, meteorologist, lightning manipulator and timekeeper--who is most widely know as being the father of Edmonton's telephone system.
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.