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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Inventors and Inventions

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has an alphabetized list of inventions and inventors throughout history. You can also explore by era, topic or nationality.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Students as Designers

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides eight projects to use in an elementary classroom to encourage students to become inventors/designers. Invention, prototyping, materials exploration, creative writing, problem-solving, and group presentations are...
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Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Invention of the Microwave Oven

For Students 9th - 10th
Site includes fascinating facts about the invention of the microwave oven by Perry Spencer in 1945.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Inventors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Inventors.
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Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble Site: Lyman Spitzer Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
At the HubbleSite you can learn about Lyman Spitzer's (1914?1997 CE) inventions and accomplishments in the science field.