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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown, inventors in New York state who developed the antifungal drug Nystatin, are featured in this brief biography.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Robert Hall

For Students 9th - 10th
A bio on this important 1960's inventor who provided the world with the semiconductor injection laser, a purification of germanium and much more - most of which is still in use today.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Vinton Cerf

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about Vinton Cerf, the inventor who co-designed and developed "the protocols and structure of what became the Internet."
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Lloyd Conover

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about Lloyd Conover, the inventor of tetracycline, an antibiotic which is used to treat bacterial infections, such as Lyme Disease.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Edwin Perkins

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the history of the popular drink, Kool-Aid, and its inventor, Edwin Perkins.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Anna Keichline

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site from Massachusetts Institute of Technology you can read about inventors, Anna Keichline and Lillian Gilbreth, who sought to make women's lives easier through their household items.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Julius Nieuwland

For Students 9th - 10th
This site honors Julius Nieuwland for his inventions of synthetic rubber, vinyl derivatives, and his method of preparing them. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor as well as a look at how his invention has impacted our...
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Thomas Alva Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
This site honorsThomas Alva Edison as a historic inventor and focuses attention on his invention of the electric lamp.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Rachel Fuller Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Inventors Museum highlights Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown for their work with the antifungal antibiotic, nystatin.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Vladimir Kosma Zworykin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site honors Vladimir Kosma Zworykin for his invention of the cathode-ray tube. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor, as well as a look at how his invention has impacted our society.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Orville Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
This site honors Orville Wright for his invention, in collaboration with his brother Wilbur, of the airplane. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor, as well as look at how his invention has impacted our society.
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Who Is the Inventor of Television?

For Students 9th - 10th
Evidently, this is not an easy question to answer! The television seems to be the international product of a series of discoveries and inventions. Here is an interesting summary of inventors and events leading up to the actual television...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Tim Berners Lee

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about the man who invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, and view links to further related information on this inventor and his invention.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Isaac Merrit Singer (1811 75)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of inventor Isaac Merrit Singer, who produced the first commercially successful sewing machine in New York, in the late 1850s.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Eli Whitney

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides the history of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Important part of the Industrial Revolution.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: The Inventions

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Sectors of Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
The 11 Sectors of Discovery have been highlighted, with significant inventions by Albertan's highlighted in each category.
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University of California

University of California: Otis Boykin: Inventor

For Students 9th - 10th
Otis Boykin (1920-1982 CE) is attributed with developing twenty-six electronic inventions, including devices for guided missiles, IBM computers and a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Forgotten Inventors

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an accounting of a few inventions, most of which were invented in the 1800s, that often are overlooked. Find out about how the can opener was invented as well as that clothing staple, the denim jeans.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Inventors: Chester Greenwood [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article explains how Chester Greenwood invented ear warmers when he was 15 years old.
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Black Inventors: Lloyd Hall

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lloyd Hall was a pioneer in the field of food chemistry, preservation, and sterilization.
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Black Inventor Online Museum: Andrew Beard

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Andrew Beard, whose invention improved the safety of railroads in the 19th century.
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Black Inventors Online Museum: Charles Drew

For Students 3rd - 8th
BlackInventors.com profiles Charles Drew, teacher, doctor, and the researcher who developed the blood plasma bank.
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University of California

University of California: Lloyd Augustus Hall: Chemist and Inventor

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief summary of Hall's inventions and contributions to science.

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