About Inventions
Informational/Research Sites: Airplane Invention - Visit a virtual museum covering the invention of the airplane.
Famous Inventors:
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Graham Bell N
Thomas Edison
Cyrus McCormick
Samuel Morse
Eli Whitney Exploring Leonardo - Explore this site and learn about this fascinating scientist, inventor, and artist.
Handbook for Inventors - FAQs
Henry Ford Museum
History of Toys and Games - From the Discovery Channel
How Stuff Works
IMC Inventions - Theme page.
Inventing a New Kind of Pencil - Ask students to think of ways they can improve upon the pencil, and then have them design an improved pencil.
Invention & Design - Learn about the following inventions: telephone, automobile, lightbulb, radio, and airplane as well as the design process..
Invention Convention -Guidelines for hosting an Invention in your classroom or school.
Invention Derby - "With this Derby, students will learn the fundamentals of Internet research and discover challenging ideas about inventors and how inventions come to be."
Invention Dimension! - Find out all about inventors here. You can search by inventor's name or invention. The Inventor's Handbook provides answers to inventors' most frequently asked questions.
Invention/Inventors Index
Inventions - Theme page from Teacher Vision. (Popups are very bad at this site.)
Inventors and Inventions - From Gander's theme pages.
Inventors and Inventions - Theme page.
Kid Inventors: See what inventions kids have come up with!
National Gallery of America's Young Inventors
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Science and Inventions at the MiningCo.com - There's a lot to explore here at this site.
Telephones Through the Years - Take students on a visual tour of telephones from 1877 through 1977.
The Farnsworth Chronicles - The story of television
The Inventive Thinking Curriculum Project
Theme Page from Teach-Nology - Inventors, Inventions
The Pencil Pages
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Kids' Pages...Don't miss this site!!
Who Invented Microwave
Zoom Inventors/Inventions - Great site!!
Online/Offline Lesson Plans:
What is the Invention of the Millennium - WebQuest
Necessity is the Mother of Invention - WebQuest
Young Inventors - Lesson plan for Grades 2-6.
Inventors and Inventions - Lesson plan for Grades 3-5.
Online/Offline Activities:
Alexander Graham Bell's Games - Enter the Kid's Zone to play some games of Alexander Graham Bell.
Inventions Game
Inventors' Club - Offline activity..Students "invent" machines that can help them do something they need help doing.
It's Your Turn - Create your own invention and send it to us.
Informational/Research Sites: Airplane Invention - Visit a virtual museum covering the invention of the airplane.
Famous Inventors:
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Graham Bell N
Thomas Edison
Cyrus McCormick
Samuel Morse
Eli Whitney Exploring Leonardo - Explore this site and learn about this fascinating scientist, inventor, and artist.
Handbook for Inventors - FAQs
Henry Ford Museum
History of Toys and Games - From the Discovery Channel
How Stuff Works
IMC Inventions - Theme page.
Inventing a New Kind of Pencil - Ask students to think of ways they can improve upon the pencil, and then have them design an improved pencil.
Invention & Design - Learn about the following inventions: telephone, automobile, lightbulb, radio, and airplane as well as the design process..
Invention Convention -Guidelines for hosting an Invention in your classroom or school.
Invention Derby - "With this Derby, students will learn the fundamentals of Internet research and discover challenging ideas about inventors and how inventions come to be."
Invention Dimension! - Find out all about inventors here. You can search by inventor's name or invention. The Inventor's Handbook provides answers to inventors' most frequently asked questions.
Invention/Inventors Index
Inventions - Theme page from Teacher Vision. (Popups are very bad at this site.)
Inventors and Inventions - From Gander's theme pages.
Inventors and Inventions - Theme page.
Kid Inventors: See what inventions kids have come up with!
National Gallery of America's Young Inventors
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Science and Inventions at the MiningCo.com - There's a lot to explore here at this site.
Telephones Through the Years - Take students on a visual tour of telephones from 1877 through 1977.
The Farnsworth Chronicles - The story of television
The Inventive Thinking Curriculum Project
Theme Page from Teach-Nology - Inventors, Inventions
The Pencil Pages
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Kids' Pages...Don't miss this site!!
Who Invented Microwave
Zoom Inventors/Inventions - Great site!!
Online/Offline Lesson Plans:
What is the Invention of the Millennium - WebQuest
Necessity is the Mother of Invention - WebQuest
Young Inventors - Lesson plan for Grades 2-6.
Inventors and Inventions - Lesson plan for Grades 3-5.
Online/Offline Activities:
Alexander Graham Bell's Games - Enter the Kid's Zone to play some games of Alexander Graham Bell.
Inventions Game
Inventors' Club - Offline activity..Students "invent" machines that can help them do something they need help doing.
It's Your Turn - Create your own invention and send it to us.
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