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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Bernie Stene and Lional Desmarais

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Bernie Stene and Lional Desmarais's "Rail Mount Plowing System", a method to lay thousands of kilometres of the cable without disrupting railway traffic.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Jack Stothart and Howard Fredeen

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the only breed of farm livestock to originate in Canada? Learn about Jack Stothart and Howard Fredeen and their development of the Lacombe swine.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: George Clynch

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the biography of George Clynch and learn about his 'Laser Digitizer System' that is designed to build socket pieces on custom prosthetics.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Grant Skinner

For Students 9th - 10th
Canada's top Macromedia Flash Developer, Grant Skinner, is highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Highmark Renewables

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you recover usable bio gas from cow manure? Read about Highmark Renewables and how they have invented the 'Integrated Manure Utilization System' to do just that!
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 587: Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the life and achievements of Canadian inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. Focuses on the two fascinations that marked Bell's whole life: his concern for the deaf and for flight, and the inventions that resulted. This is a...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Bryan Kolb

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of Bryan Kolb, whom many refer to as the founding father of behavioral neuroscience, is featured in this article, along with his Behavioral Neuroscience research. Watch a video, listen to audio or read an article about...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Jim and Jackie Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the 'Frost Free Nose Pump' that Jim and Jackie Anderson invented to provide clean water to their herds all year long.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: James Gosling

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about James Gosling who is widely known for his invention of Oak, the precursor to Java, which was the first general purpose programming language.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Bruce Nodwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Bruce Nodwell's "Nodwell 110", which is a tracked vehicle that can travel through the squishy muskeg in Alberta.
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Other

Museum of Ingenuity: Musee J. Armand Bombardier

For Students 9th - 10th
The museum of Joseph Armand Bombardier(1907-1964), the Canadian inventor of the snowmobile. The museum offers its visitors a look into the personal and professional life of Bombardier as it outlines his achievements, patent information,...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Charles Sherwood Noble

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Alberta's greater known inventors, Charles Noble, is explored through his biography and his impact on soil erosion, the invention of the "Noble Blade" and the history of Nobleford, a community in southern Alberta named for him.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Alex Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Alex Taylor--Edmonton's first telegrapher, meteorologist, lightning manipulator and timekeeper--who is most widely know as being the father of Edmonton's telephone system.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Orville Newton Gilbert

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Orville Gilbert's "Harvester-Stacker" which is an alternative to the traditional method of harvesting wheat which increases productivity.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Max Bradshaw

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Max Bradshaw and his creation of the "Bale Booster and Stacker" that was a part of the mechanization of farming in Alberta.
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Great Idea Finder

Fascinating Facts About Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Fascinating facts about Alexander Graham Bell, the Canadian inventor of the telephone. Incorporated into the site include and 'at a glance' summary of his life, a 'milestones' timeline and a brief summary of his life story. In addition,...
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Frances Kallal

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "hoe-rake" invented by Frances Kallal, who was one of the few women innovators from the early 20th century.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Earl and Harold Kirchner

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "Kirchner Haysweep", invented by Earl and Harold Kirchner who were farmers near Tilley, Alberta in the 1930s.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Stephen Snow Sears

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Stephen Sears, an Albertan who patented an invention, a weed killer, in 1929, in addition to modifying a Stook Loader.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Frank Van Slyke

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Frank Van Slyke and the "Van Slyke plough" which was very influential in the Red Deer area.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: John Toogood

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about John Toogood, one of the most prominent and influential soil scientists in all of North America, and his contribution to agriculture.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Fredrick Von Engelhardt

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Fredrick von Engelhardt and his invention of extremely efficient as well as environmentally conscious, ceramic bricks.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Edward Jordan

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Edward Jordan and his invention of the "Peak Limiter" which solved two common problems found in broadcast studios--sibilant "s" and the vocal tics of high-pitched voices.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dr. Xingwei Wu

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Dr. Xingwei Wu, the developer of hybrid electroluminescent flat-panel display screen, more commonly known as the flat colour TV screen or computer monitor.