Inventors

Topics for Project-Based Learning

Links Verified on 1/3/2018

1. American Inventors and Inventions - Smithsonian collection [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
2. Enchanted Learning Inventors - brief information on many inventions
3. Famous Inventions: A to Z - alphabetical index of famous inventions
4. The Great Idea Finder - great site of information; innovation history
5. Kid Info - History and biographies of inventors
6. Imagine and Engineering - careers in science, technology, engineering and math from the Girl Scouts
7. Innovation Timeline: The Phone - from 1831 (before A G Bell) to the current time (Thanks to Ms. Bowen and her class) [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
8. Inventions - links about inventions including the year of invention
9. Inventions and Inventors - a long list of links about inventors and famous scientists [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
10. Inventor/Invention Scavenger Hunt 1 - by Hazel Jobe
11. Inventor/Invention Scavenger Hunt 2 - by Hazel Jobe
12. Inventor and Inventions - from Kids Connect; the safe internet gateway for kids
13. Inventor of the Week - an alphabetical archive of past Inventor of the Week entries
14. Inventors and Inventions - [for grades K-5] a lesson plan from Discovery Education
15. Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution - search by inventions or by inventors
16. Inventors and Inventions Theme Page - curricular resources and links to instructional materials
17. Inventors/Inventions - informational research site [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
18. Inventors That Changed the World - three links to pages of information about each of ten men that helped make the modern world what it is today [Thanks to Bella and one of her students for telling us about this list.]
19. List of Inventors - a long list of links from Wikipedia
20. Made in Canada - Canadian inventors and inventions
21. Monthly Themes: Inventors and Inventions - from Houghton Mifflin's Education Place, appropriate grade levels indicated
22. People and Discoveries - a databank consisting of 120 entries about 20th century scientists and their stories
23. Textile Inventors - scroll down to find the list