National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Get a taste of what inventors do by exploring exhibits at the National Inventors Hall of Fame in North Canton, OH.
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Ministry of Science and Innovation: Science Learning Hub
Designed to support the effective teaching of science in New Zealand Schools, this portal provides resources to support teacher professional development. Science educators can find resources for content for their own learning, in...
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National Nanotechnology Initiative: Nanotechnology: Big Things From a Tiny World
Twelve-page illustrated brochure describes what nanotechnology is in terms that nonscientists can understand. Discusses nanometers, nanoscale, and the kinds of nanotechnology-related innovations that are now available. Also discusses the...
Space.com
Space.com: "Nasa Spin Offs: Bringing Space Down to Earth"
This article from January 26, 2005, offers a video and a list of many common items used daily that exist because of NASA innovations. These include Cat Scans and MRIs, more precise and safer breast imaging, artificial limbs using...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: National Council of Economic Education: Capital Chips
This site has a multi-part lesson that explores several aspects of productivity. The site incorporates online resources and activities.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Inventors and Innovators Improve on the Original
This lesson plan focuses on discussion of inventions, brainstorming new products or improvements, and identifying the protection, production, and marketing processes.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Peanuts, Pecans, and Peas, Please
George Washington Carver, a great scientist, changed the economy of the South with his agricultural knowledge. This lesson will investigate how the lowly peanut kept the cotton farmers from losing everything.
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Econ Ed Link: Economic Spotter: Inventors and Entrepreneurs in the Industrial Age
The Industrial Age has also been called the Age of Edison. Edison patented more than 1000 inventions and gave rise to three industries: electric utilities, phonograph and record companies, and the film industry. This instructional...
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Business Insider: 20 Everyday Things We Have Because of Nasa
A list of space technologies that have been integrated into common items from invisible braces to memory foam. NASA produces a list like this every year to illustrate the benefits to the program's existence. Click on each item listed to...
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Sputnik Observatory for the Study of Contemporary Culture
A program designed to encourage thinking and ongoing learning in people who have the energy to develop ideas and work them through because the possibilities are endless.
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Science of Innovation: Self Driving Cars
This tutorial includes a video filmed at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer scientist Sebastian Thrun and his team of software engineers are creating a fleet of self-driving cars. His innovative approach to...
Science Struck
Science Struck: 41 Smart Inventions of the 1920s
Provides descriptions of many well-known innovations that were invented in the 1920s.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Widget Production: Producing More Using Less
Through this economics lesson you will learn about widget production. One of the tasks is to see how productivity can help solve problems.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 1)
Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S.government policies have also had a considerable impact on the development of transport as we know it today. In this series of three lessons, the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 2)
Henry Ford's use of mass production strategies to manufacture the Model T revolutionized industrial manufacturing. This 3-part learning unit provides students with the story of Henry Ford and the Model T from an economics perspective....
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 1)
Henry Ford's use of mass production strategies to manufacture the Model T revolutionized industrial manufacturing. This 3-part learning unit provides students with the story of Henry Ford and the Model T from an economics perspective....
CNN
Cnn: Space Age Inventions You Probably Use (2007)
Some common items that help save lives every day or make lives a little easier are compliments of NASA technologies. This article features ten of these developments
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Boeing Innovations
During this activity, students will reveal hints to new Boeing innovations. Students will see new aircraft, spacecraft, and other newly developed ideas.
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Introductory Sociology: Culture
This page from the Del Mar College is an excellent outline of the topic; it provides a basic definition of the term, culture, as well as significant topics and a bibliography.
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K12 irc.org: The K 12 Internet Resource Center: Drones
The website is a collections of different types of resources about drones. This site provides and introduction to drones and their educational uses.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Transportation: They Say We Had a Revolution (Part 3)
Advancements in transportation have played a key role in the growth of our nation. U.S. government policies have also had a considerable impact on the development of transport as we know it today. For this series of three lessons, the...
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Engineer Girl: Competitions and Contests
Test out your engineer skills. Here you can find information about the Engineer Girl essay contest and competitions hosted by other organizations.
New York Times
New York Times: 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow
If you don't know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it's easy to write off some modern energy innovations like solar panels because they haven't hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of...
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Beanz: Imagine: Build a Car
One thing programmers do all day is imagine. When someone asks them to solve a problem with code, they start thinking and dreaming.