Langlade Kids: Homework Help
Inventions & Inventors
E = Appropriate for Elementary aged youth
M = Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
T = For parents, teachers & caregivers
This national site has a nice "Kid's Corner" with a large number of biographical pictorials of Thomas Edison.
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This site profiles a different inventor each week with a biographical sketch covering his or her accomplishments and their impact on society. Also contains many links to sites about invention and innovation for children, teachers, inventors, and the general public.
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Learn all about amazing inventions and the Canadian women who created them.
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Search by inventor or invention.
In depth features written on select inventors and inventions from About.com. With links to a more extensive A-Z lists of Inventions and Inventors.
Search or browse by invention, inventor, induction date or decade. You will find many famous and not-so-famous inventors.
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Learn how and when common items were invented, from adhesive tape to the zipper. Includes entries for both inventions and inventors.
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