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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Ed Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Ed Adams and his invention of 'Mobile Gas Tank Leak Testing Technology'.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dave Hygaard

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the 'Arctic Chiller Water Bottle'--an invention from a Sherwood Park, Alberta, sandwich maker!
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Karl Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
Karl Clark and his inventions in the area of the oilfields 'Method for Separating Bituminous Sands' and 'Royalite Oil' are highlighted in this biography.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dean and Tracey Ricard

For Students 9th - 10th
Raw Dog Food--invented by Dean and Tracey Ricard--is highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
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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: 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: 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: Andrew Briosi

For Students 9th - 10th
Andrew Briosi created nearly 150 inventions in his life, one of which was the "Beet Lifter". Learn about this invention, and about Mr. Briosi through excerpts from his autobiography.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: John and Nicholas Boychuk

For Students 9th - 10th
John and Nicholas Boychuk invented the "Boychuk Stooker" which has been called one of the greatest labour-saving devices created. Read about the Boychuck Brothers and their invention on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
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A&E Television

History.com: 7 Groundbreaking Inventions by Latino Innovators

For Students 9th - 10th
From entertainment devices to lifesaving medical technologies, Latino inventors have advanced humankind through their contributions. Latino inventors have created revolutionary devices that have transformed our everyday world - and often...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Inventors and Inventions 2: Air and Space

For Teachers K - 1st
After discussing important flying inventions, young scholars explore technological design by making paper airplanes.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Invention of the Week: Ernesto E. Blanco: Stair Climbing Wheelchair

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about MIT teacher and practitioner Ernesto Blanco, inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair. This article provides details on the inventor's life, his career outside of MIT, and his inventions that continue to help the handicapped...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: 5 Iconic Mashup Inventions That Have Stood the Test of Time

For Students 9th - 10th
The clock radio, multi-tool pocket knife, and smartphone are all examples of mashup inventions: the combination of two or more ideas in a different configuration to create something new and productive, says Bernie Carlson, a history...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Young Inventors

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this stills collage adapted from the National Science Teachers Association/Craftsman Young Inventors Awards, see several inventions by students in grades 4-7 and read about some of the challenges they faced during the design process.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Inventions and Resource Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Outline of the burgeoning inventions and discoveries that characterized a second industrial revolution in the U.S. during the later half of the 19th Century.
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Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Inventors' Stories: Newman Darby

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article on Newman Darby, the inventor of the windsurfer. It describes the various stages his invention went through as he refined it, and other watercraft that he designed.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Orville Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
This site honors Orville Wright for his invention, in collaboration with his brother Wilbur, of the airplane. Content includes a brief biography of the inventor, as well as look at how his invention has impacted our society.
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Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Inventor Granville Woods Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of Granville T. Woods, who was known as "the Black Edison" because of his many inventions. He is best known for greatly improving the safety of railroads by his invention of the Multiplex Railway Telegraph.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: The Other Elevator Inventor

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the early world of elevator technology. You will find out that there were actually two people with the name of Otis involved in the invention of the elevator: Elisha Otis and Otis Tufts. The practical technology won out. Click on...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: Who Invented the Automobile?

For Students 9th - 10th
Not an easy answer! Many people contributed to the invention of the automobile as there were many different types of automobiles and many different types of parts that went into them. Here's a good summary of the inventors.
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Article
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Invention of the Week: Robert Jarvik: Artificial Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Robert Koffler Jarvik, the "inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart." This article provides a biography of the inventor, the reasons why he became interested in creating an artificial heart, and his...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Robert Moog

For Students 3rd - 8th
Robert Moog fused his love music and electronics when he invented the synthesizer. This website includes background information on the creation of the synthesizer and provides several links.

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