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IMYM 6 Inventions, Innovations, Discoveries (MB)
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/tech/imym/6/tblm/index.html <http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/tech/imym/6/tblm/index.html>
Instructions for planning an Invention Convention
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
HowStuffWorks is an online source for "clear, unbiased, reliable explanations"
of how everything works.
PBS : Off the Map : Inventions
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/offthemap/html/classroom_activity_01.htm
<http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/offthemap/html/classroom_activity_01.htm>
Take one of the interactive tours such as the Backyard Paradise, a true
testament to creativity
Inventive Kids
http://www.inventivekids.com/indexFlash.html
The Inventive Kids website is part of the Inventive Women series along with the
website http://www.inventivewomen.com
and the award winning book, Canadian Women Invent!
Inventors and Inventions
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/inventors.htm <http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/inventors.htm>
Long list of inventors (many from USA) and links to info about them.
Super Invention Timeline
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm <http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm>
What was life like in the past? Invite students to explore with a supersized
inventions timeline.
Keeping Inventor's Journals
http://kids.patentcafe.com <http://kids.patentcafe.com>
Inside the website you will find lots of information about the process of
inventing, examples of other inventors (kids and adults), and tools to help
students explore their own ideas.
Inventing Modern America: Games
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/ima/games.html
Try "Which Came First", one of the games at this site. You'll be surprised.
Inventions Change Our Lives!
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions.html <http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions.html>
Lots of information about inventions along with an Inventors' Directory
U.S. Patent Office Kids' Pages
http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids <http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids>
Activities, images, etc for students from K-S4
Instructor Online Theme Unit
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/inventions.htm <http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/inventions.htm>
Printable:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/images/cyberhunt/cyberhunt_repro.pdf
Inventions: From Ideas to Reality
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/science/invent.htm <http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/science/invent.htm>
Links to other recommended resources about inventing, many of which have not
been included here.
Inventors Theme Page
http://www.cln.org/themes/inventors.html
Collection of annotated links
Canadian Inventions
http://www3.sympatico.ca/taniah/Canada/things/
Name some Canadian inventors and then go here to see the long list.
CBC Kids: Inventions
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
Be sure to move the timeline along to access information about inventions that
have been developed over time
Young Inventors
http://www.nsta.org/programs/craftsman/
Site of an annual competition. Look at the great ideas that kids have had in the
past.
Rube Goldberg
Trained as an engineer, Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) became a Pulitzer Prize
winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author. The following links are to some of the
fun sites about his "inventions":
PBS Rube Goldberg Inventions
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/rubegoldberginventioa.html
Goldberger Game
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/index.html
Rube Goldberg site
http://www.rubegoldberg.com/ <http://www.rubegoldberg.com/>
Rube Goldberg "Inventions"
http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm <http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm>
Famous cartoons, such as the "Simplified Pencil Sharpener"
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