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Silicon Valley Art Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...
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Silicon Valley Art Museum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...
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Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Silicon Valley: Success, Failure, and a Bit of Luck

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the historic growth of the famous high tech California region known as the Silicon Valley! Read as circumstances placed creative people, and business in the right place at the right time allowing them to come together to...
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Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: The Knowledge Factor in Silicon Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
The growth and success of the Silicon Valley is largely based on the commitment of Frederick Terman who is recognized as the father of Silicon Valley. Learn how this man and those who followed him fostered an environment of knowledgeand...
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The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum: The Revolutionaries

For Students 9th - 10th
With a profile of eighteen revolutionaries in the area of science and technology, The Revolutionaries site from Tech Museum highlights the pioneers of innovation in Silicon Valley.
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Hp Executive Team: David Packard Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
HP's biography on David Packard includes information on his life and accomplishments.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: William Shockley

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about William Bradford Shockley, who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the first point-contact transistor and the invention of the more advanced junction transistor. His later research focused on developing...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Mighty Semiconductor and the Rise of Silicon Valley

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This five-page PDF nonfiction passage "The Mighty Semiconductor and the Rise of Silicon Valley" discusses how semiconductors made computers possible. It is followed by 10 comprehension questions. A link...
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Silicon valley.com

For Students 9th - 10th
SiliconValley.com is an Internet technology news source providing up-to-the-minute news and opinions about the industry. Content highlights the people and companies shaping the industry, the financial market, technology regions, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: John Sculley

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography on John Sculley includes some brief information on his time at Apple Computers but centers more on his involvement in politics.