National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland: Digital Archive: Scottish Science Hall of Fame
Biographical and scientific information about discoveries and technological advances credited to ten Scots, Lord Kelvin (Kelvin scale), Alexander Graham Bell (telephone), James Watt (steam engine), and Alexander Fleming (penicillin),...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hello, Are You Listening?
Students gain a basic understanding of the engineering components behind telecommunications, in particular, the way telephone communication works to link one phone to another for conventional landline and cellular telephones. During this...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Minerals in Our Environment
What minerals are in your toothpaste? A pencil? A telephone? This interactive resource adapted from the U.S. Geological Survey illustrates the variety of minerals used in everyday items found in kitchens, bathrooms, offices, and yards.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Presidential Library: Integrating Ole Miss: A Civil Rights Milestone
This site lets visitors learn about the integration of the University of Mississippi firsthand through the actual letters, recorded telephone conversations, and images of those who made history.
A&E Television
History.com: Inventions & Science
Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: People and Events: Alexander Graham Bell
This PBS American Experience page provides a biographical survey of Alexander Graham Bell's life and inventions.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Line Installers and Repairers
This resource provides information about line istallers and repairers. Topics covered include working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, and related careers.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Telecommunications Equipment Installers
This resource provides information about telecommunications equipment installers. Topics covered include working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, and related careers.
Other
Federal Communications Commission: About the Fcc
This site from the FCC provides an in-depth look at the Federal Communications Commission and the job it performs.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography Inventors
This site provides information on American inventors Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Singer, Wilbur Wright, Thomas Alva Edison, Elias Howe, and Alexander Graham Bell. It offers pictures from and...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: From Carbons to Computers, the Changing American Office
A site including lesson plans, photographs, and text about the offices of yesterday and those of today. Topics discussed include office equipment, office organization, globalization, and technology. Also included is an historical...
PBS
Pbs: Transistorized!
This site provides a tour of the discovery and development of the transistor form PBS, including video and lesson plans.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Thomas Edison's Inventive Life
This site is a complete resource for learning about Edison's life, his inventions, and electricity. If you like experimenting, there are instructions included for how to make your own light bulb. Good photos.
Other
Net2 Phone
Net2Phone is a software program that allows you to make free phone calls from your PC.
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Service Sales Representative
An overview of the career of a service sales representative, including requirements on becoming a service representative, related careers, the projected quality of life, and future job outlook.
Library of Congress
Loc: Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
All the primary source documents of the Graham Bell Family can be found at this Library of Congress site. An exhaustive site that is interesting to peruse.
Library of Congress
Loc: Map Collections 1500 2002
This collection provides maps dating back to 1500 up to the present. The collection includes: cities, towns, discovery and exploration, conservation and environment, military battles, cultural landscapes, transportation, communication,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alexander Graham Bell: Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher
Using a short video and two primary sources, learners will learn about Bell's inventions and his work with the deaf community.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: Alexander Graham Bell
After you talk on the telephone, you might want to thank Alexander Graham Bell, the man who made it all possible. He built the first telephone over 100 years ago. Learn more about Alexander Graham Bell in this well-constructed overview...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Exploring Change
This activity introduces students to Activity Center. In this activity, students will explore change in the context of cellular telephone charges. Students will create a scatter plot showing that the rate per minute for a "pay as you go"...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Promoting Environmental Awareness Through Culture and Exploration
In this lesson, the story of Turtle Island is told to the students. Each student will collect leaves and bring one to school, every day, for about a month. Discuss as a class where they come from and why they are all different. Every...
Other
Women in Military Service for America Memorial: World War I: Women and the War
A brief look at the many roles women played at home and overseas during World War I. Besides being nurses, women worked as telephone operators, and in transportation. Read how their service enhanced the women's movement.
Other
Ntt East: Super Media Kids
Japanese content! Educates students about telephone and Internet media. It includes information about networks, ecology, connecting classrooms to the Internet, using the internet, and an interactive quiz. It also has worksheets for...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Tale of Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities
Students engage in a character study of the numerous figures created by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. They compare and contrast several forms of communication: email, text message, and telephone; complete a character study...
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