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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Uses of Electricity

For Students 1st - 9th
Kid's learn about the uses electricity. Where is it used and how does it help us in our daily lives.
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: Morse Code Messaging

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] One of the most important code systems invented is the internationally-recognized Morse code, which matches dots and dashes to letters of the alphabet. This revolutionized communication by sending...
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Handout
National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Samuel F. B. Morse

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an Inventors Hall of Fame website on Samuel F.B. Morse. Includes a short biography and portrait.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: First Telegraph

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn interesting details about the first electrical telegraph developed in the United States by Samuel Morse in 1837. Morse also developed the Morse Code alphabet.
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Handout
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Samuel f.b. Morse

For Students 3rd - 8th
Provides a short biography of Samuel F.B. Morse, and his invention of the one-wire telegraph and the Morse Code. Also contains pictures.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse

For Students 9th - 10th
Sample of early Morse Code, sent by Alfred Vail to Samuel Morse
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Graphic
Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawing of the Electromagnetic Telegraph and the Alpha Code, by Alfred Vail.