NASA
From Smoke Signals to Cell Phones: Tracing How Technologies Evolve
Explore the science of space exploration. Pupils consider technological advances in propulsion, communication, power, navigation, and imaging. They select one of these areas and create a timeline of historical progress that contributed...
Other
Explain That Stuff: Inventors and Inventions
Inventing isn't just about coming up with a great idea; that's the easy part! There's also the matter of turning an idea into a product that sells enough to recoup the cost of putting it on the market. And there's the ever-present...
CNN
Cnn: Toys to Tackle Climate Change: A Young Inventor Wants to Inspire Kids
This article profiles a young woman named Ann Makosinski who has been hailed as a 'child prodigy' for her toy inventions that use renewable energy. She earlier invented, for example, a flashlight that is powered by heat from the hand and...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Inventors Teaching Theme
A number of worksheets and lessons on inventors and inventing are available here to non-subscribers. There are also many links to other sites with additional materials, including to biographies of well known inventors.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Inventors Teaching Theme
A number of worksheets and lessons on inventors and inventing are available here to non-subscribers. There are also many links to other sites with additional materials, including to biographies of well known inventors.
Other
Ed Surge: Can Anyone Be an Inventor? Mit's Invention Education Officer Says Yes
This article is part of The EdSurge Podcast. Today, there are plenty of middle and high school students who have developed solutions to major economic and social challenges, ranging from health care and transportation to agriculture and...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Elijah Mc Coy
According to this article, Elijah McCoy (1844-1929 CE) is one of the most prolific inventors in American history. Read about his parents who escaped slavery by traveling on the Underground Railroad and about his invention, the automatic...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Granville T. Woods
Inventor Granville T. Woods is featured in this brief biography for his multiplex telegraph which was a useful invention for the railroad industry.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 326: Colonial Women Inventors
Provides information on two Colonial women inventors. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Wilson Greatbatch
Cardiac pacemaker inventor, Wilson Greatbatch, is featured in this brief biography.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: R. Buckminster Fuller
Read about the transcendentalist and inventor, R. Buckminster Fuller, who created the geodesic dome.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Ruth Wakefield (Inventor of the Chocolate Chip Cookie)
Read a biography of Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Helen Murray Free
Biography of Helen Free, detailing her life as a chemist and inventor who developed many products for consumer use, including a convenient at-home glocose level test.
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Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 2: Young Inventors: Louis Braille [Pdf]
This magazine article explains how Louis Braille developed a system of reading for the blind which was called Braille in his honor.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Douglas Engelbart & the Mouse
This article on Douglas C. Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse, credits the inventor for helping create the "interactive, use-friendly" computer interfaces that we have today.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown
Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown, inventors in New York state who developed the antifungal drug Nystatin, are featured in this brief biography.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Vinton Cerf
Use this site to learn about Vinton Cerf, the inventor who co-designed and developed "the protocols and structure of what became the Internet."
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Lloyd Conover
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Edwin Perkins
Read about the history of the popular drink, Kool-Aid, and its inventor, Edwin Perkins.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Anna Keichline
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Tim Berners Lee
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.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Inventors: Chester Greenwood [Pdf]
This magazine article explains how Chester Greenwood invented ear warmers when he was 15 years old.
BBC
Bbc News: Week of 3 10 14:' Bitcoin Creator' Denies Involvement
Learn about the digital currency called Bitcoin, and why the man that many now believe to be the inventor of this technology denies any involvement. Includes video.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Virginia Apgar
At this site from MIT Invention Dimension you can read about Virginia Apgar and her accomplishments as "One of Columbia University's first female M.D.s," as a researcher of childbirth, and as the inventor of the "Newborn Scoring System."
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