Microscopy UK
Microscopy Uk: Robert Hooke: Father of Modern Science and an Unsung Hero
An excellent biography, including all major periods of Robert Hooke's life, works, inventions, career, and even his battle with Newton.
Other
Eli Whitney Museum: Eli Whitney
This is the Eli Whitney Museum online. Provides information on the inventor, his product, his factory, and much more. Also provides information on the museum itself. Flashpoint not needed, but recommended.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Thomas Edison's Inventive Life
This site is a complete resource for learning about Edison's life, his inventions, and electricity. If you like experimenting, there are instructions included for how to make your own light bulb. Good photos.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Kevlar Inventor
Read a biography of Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar.
Library of Congress
Loc: Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
All the primary source documents of the Graham Bell Family can be found at this Library of Congress site. An exhaustive site that is interesting to peruse.
Other
Engineer Girl: Careers
Doesn't an engineer drive a train? Yes, but the career of engineering is so much more! Explore this comprehensive list of all types of engineering careers. Learn what each entails, find out how to plan for them, learn how to set up job...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Inventors and Inventions
This site has an alphabetized list of inventions and inventors throughout history. You can also explore by era, topic or nationality.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Percy Spencer: Microwave Inventor
Read about the moment Percy Spencer discovered how microwaves heated objects. This discovery led to the invention of the microwave oven.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All Media: Nasa: The Invention Timeline
An interactive timeline of notable inventions and inventors from the 19th century to the present.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventing Modern America: Games
Students are challenged to a five-question quiz about when certain objects are invented.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor's Handbook: Patents
This site has everything you would want to know regarding United States patents is included in this handbook for the "Aspiring entrepreneur."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Edison Teaches Us About Success
In this interactive activity, students examine Thomas Edison's character traits and how they contributed to his becoming one of the greatest inventors in history. In this interactive activity, students watch videos to gather evidence...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Otis Boykin 1920 1982
Otis Boykin was a successful African American inventor whose inventions include resistors for electrical equipment and missiles, a controller for pacemakers, and a burglar-proof cash register.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Gail Borden, Jr. 1801 1874
Good resource for biographical information on Gail Borden who was a teacher, soldier, surveyor, tax collector, missionary, but most of all an inventor. Best known for his invention of condensed milk.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Thomas Edison
A good description of the inventions and life of this bright and ambitious man. As inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, movie camera and many others, Edison lived a very inspiring life. In Spanish.
Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Thomas Alva Edison
This site from The Great Idea Finder presents a lengthy biography of Thomas Edison, followed by a wealth of suggested resources including books, movies, and the Internet.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Maya Lin's Memorial
Find out about Maya Lin, and how it came to be that she desigend the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: People and Events: Alexander Graham Bell
This PBS American Experience page provides a biographical survey of Alexander Graham Bell's life and inventions.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone
This site describes how Bell started out by seeking to help the deaf and ended up with a telephone. It gives brief information about his family and how he came to invent the telephone.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Martha Speaks: Super Inventions
In this interactive story, learn how animal abilities have inspired inventions over the years.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Guillermo Marconi
This site chronicles the father of wireless communication. Examines his life and how his accomplishments affected both society and warfare.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Thomas Edison
The "Wizard of Menlo Park" brought the world electric light, recorded music, and the movies, among other things, and turned innovation into a science by inventing the research laboratory.
Other
Graduating Engineer: Without Limits
This article features an interview with astronaut Ellen Ochoa in which she discusses minority issues and encourages higher education. A lot of biographical information is also included.
Other
Byu Broadcasting: Farnsworth Society: Farnsworth Story
The story of Philo T. Farnsworth, who at age twenty one developed the first electronic television, is presented by Brigham Young University where Farnsworth was a former student.