Scientific Revolution Inventions 1500-1700 Teacher Resources

Read and print out steps that will help you with your science fair project, from topic forming and researching to analyzing and drawing conclusions..

This article briefly summarizes the Wright Brothers' scientific curiosity and ambitions which fueled their desire to create the first flying machine.

Short descriptions of important technological innovations produced in America and the date of their introduction.

This is the man who most encouraged Bell to invent the telephone. Bell said, "But for Henry, I never would have gone ahead with the telephone." This is a fascinating account both of Bell's invention and of Henry's life. Half a biography,...

Alexander Calder invented two new kinds of sculpture: mobiles and stabiles. In The Cone, he combines elements of each-a stabile, or non-moving sculpture, connected to a mobile, or moving sculpture. In this lesson plan, students use their...

Adrian Kantrowitz's life and scientific accomplishments are chronicled and catalogued in this extensive exhibition. Kantrowitz was famous for performing the first heart transplant in the United States, and for the life-saving inventions...

Students learn the connections between the science of sound waves and engineering design for sound environments. Through three lessons, students come to better understand sound waves, including how they change with distance, travel...

This is a site full of information about various microscopes and the objects and processes scientists study with them. Includes timelines and interactive simulations.

Swiss physicist Heinrich Rohrer co-invented the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), a non-optical instrument that allows the observation of individual atoms in three dimensions, with Gerd Binnig. The achievement garnered the pair half...

A profile of Gertrude Belle Elion, an American biochemist and pharmacologist and a Nobel Prize winner. She struggled to find her place in the male-dominated scientific world, and went on to become the first woman to be inducted into the...

Part of an anecdotal history of optics and the study of light. Extremely thorough treatment of the scientific findings and developments which led to the invention and refinement of the microscope. Includes a short biographical sketch and...

Dynamic unit on kites which can be used to teach about weather, wind, flight, and inventions. Teach students about the importance of kites in many cultures and the significance of kites as a scientific discovery.

The telephone and first practical incandescent light bulb are invented while the word "electron" enters the scientific lexicon.

Find out about how Fibonacci invented the modern number system, and contributed to the scientific revolution.

Who do we have to thank for inventing calculus? Whether you love or hate it, the credit goes to two people - Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. Learn about their myriad of accomplishments in science and math during the...

Explore how crowdsourcing helps us to create common goods, invent new products, and make scientific discoveries.

Spanish-language encyclopedia entry for Galileo Galilei. This site presents the reader with a comprehensive biography of the scientist, along with a chronicle of his life and works.

A brief look into the way Hooke fit into the scientific and intellectual community of his day. Contains references to other major thinkers, and to his own inventions.