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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Choose a Project Type Inventions

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great ideas to get students started on an invention for a science fair. A list of ways students will design and engineer a solution to a problem will help students begin choosing a topic. Check out the list of general science topics,...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Invention Project Samples

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how to present your findings after completing a science fair project. View sample science fair invention projects: junior light switcher, quiet down invention, and stale sandwiches.
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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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Museum of Science

Museum of Science (Boston): Leonardo's Mysterious Machines

For Students 3rd - 8th
A game that showcases the inventive genius of Leonardo da Vinci, who made drawings of helicopters, planes, and tanks long before these machines ever became modern-era realities. Have fun learning about Leonardo's many ideas while you...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Milestones in Microbiology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read about six important discoveries in microbiology and put them on a timeline. They develop an understanding of how these discoveries connect to the invention of new scientific tools and technology. The instructional activity...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Tools of Magnification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The invention of magnifiers that allow us to see things that are otherwise invisible to us has revolutionized science. In this lesson, young scholars use several types of magnifiers to investigate magnification, and record their...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Significant Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

For Students 4th - 8th
This resource presents a long list of important inventions during the First Industrial Revolutions, organized consecutively from 1701-1839. Includes short descriptions and images. This is followed by a table listing inventions from the...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: 41 Smart Inventions of the 1920s

For Students 3rd - 8th
Provides descriptions of many well-known innovations that were invented in the 1920s.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: 10 Nasa Inventions You Might Be Using Every Day

For Students 4th - 8th
Many things invented by NASA are used in everyday life. Some of the most widely used inventions are described here.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Invention of the Telephone: History and Timeline

For Students 4th - 8th
While the invention of the telephone is usually attributed to Alexander Graham Bell, credit must also be given to others who were working on the concept around the same time. Read about the history of the telephone here. Includes a...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: When Was Electricity Discovered?: The Timeline

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the history of electricity and the scientists involved in investigating it and inventing machines related to it.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Inventors and Inventions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Find several scientific inventors and inventions with activities for students in primary grades through middle school. One lesson in particular integrates technology by focusing on the invention of the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Inventions Using Simple Machines Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will have completed a unit on the six simple machines (lever, inclined plane, pulley, wedge, screw, and wheel and axle) before beginning this project. Students will choose to investigate an invention composed of one or more...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "I Would Invent"

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Excellent resource for empowering young scholars to become better learners. This activity includes encouraging students to develop an interest in science, to promote critical thinking skills, and to enhance reading and writing skills.
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Other

Heartland Science: Nation's First Gasoline Powered Automobile

For Students 6th - 8th
Who invented the first gasoline-powered automobile? Read this brief explanation of the early gasoline engine and its developer.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Microscopes

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A microscope is a tool used to make things that are too small to be seen by the human eye look bigger. Before microscopes were invented in 1595, the smallest things...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Color Changing Robot

For Students 3rd - 8th
Scientists at Harvard University recently invented a robot shaped like the letter "X" that can change its color to blend in with its surroundings. While this robot is currently limited to operating within a laboratory, it could...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Reel Science: Cool Experiments

For Students 3rd - 8th
Eight student videos are featured on this site by Reel Science. Each video presents a separate experiment that can be adapted for both class use, a science experiment, or a fun activity to explore at home.
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Library of Congress

Loc: What in the World Is That?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you match the picture to the correct invention? Read about these inventions and the importance of them. Also included are related sites to find further information about each invention.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Brain Stimulating Invention Ideas for 6th Graders

For Students 5th - 7th
Presents some ideas for inventions that 6th graders could try for a science project.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: What Did Albert Einstein Invent

For Students 6th - 8th
Read about some of the significant inventions of Albert Einstein.
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The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions

For Students 3rd - 8th
The title is misleading, for a reason! The site consists of tips, ideas and plans about instruments and sound. The site also serves as a "museum" for photos and audio/video clips of kids' homemade instruments from around the nation.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Science and Inventions for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Renaissance Science and Inventions Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Science Struck

Science Struck: List of Famous Discoverers

For Students 4th - 8th
Provides a long list of famous scientists and their significant discoveries and inventions.

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