Students will learn about female inventors and their contributions to American technology.

Read and study the sources about inventions from the late 1800s. As you read the three sources, think about the effects that the inventions had on the American economy.

How have inventions changed the world? This unit focuses on the importance, the process and the creativity involved in inventing. Through the study of inventions and inventors, students learn how inventions are created and the...

Module with links to resources and videos on science, inventions and technology of the 19th and 20th Centuries that changed the course of American history.

Who are some of Alberta's significant persons in the area of inventions? This site by the Heritage Community Foundation provides categories, such as Agriculture, Transportation, Health, Home, and Sports, in which famous Alberta inventors...

An interactive timeline featuring inventions discovered between the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Here you will find examples of inventions created by children. They submit their ideas along with drawings and plans. Many of these are made into real objects and posted for the inventors to see what they would look like in real life....

What are some of the key inventions by Albertans? This site by the Heritage Community Foundation highlights many Albertan's significant inventions and has categorized them to make it accessible for learners.

Laurie Tandrup invented two unique car seats--the 'Travelbud' and 'The Butterfly'. Learn about her inventions and how they came about on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.

'Cheemo Frozen Perogy's' were invented by Walter Makowecki--read about the machine that inspired this invention and how it changed Makowecki's life forever.

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.

Can you recover usable bio gas from cow manure? Read about Highmark Renewables and how they have invented the 'Integrated Manure Utilization System' to do just that!

Read the biography of George Clynch and learn about his 'Laser Digitizer System' that is designed to build socket pieces on custom prosthetics.

Learn about Bernie Stene and Lional Desmarais's "Rail Mount Plowing System", a method to lay thousands of kilometres of the cable without disrupting railway traffic.

Learn about the "Vertec grain dryer" invented by George Daugela, member of the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.

Learn about the cutting edge inventions being brought about by teens at Stanford University's bioengineering boot camp for high school students.

What is the only breed of farm livestock to originate in Canada? Learn about Jack Stothart and Howard Fredeen and their development of the Lacombe swine.

A fun word search game with terms about Scientists and Inventors. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.

This site contains links to biographies of famous scientists and inventors such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo, and Marie Curie. Learn how these men and women made discoveries that changed the world forever.

Print out a crossword puzzle game about Scientists and Inventors. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.

Learn about scientists and inventors in this interactive crossword puzzle game.

This illustrated feature from the American Experience Web site highlights the frequently forgotten inventors of several useful, innovative technologies.

Inventing isn't just about coming up with a great idea; that's the easy part! There's also the matter of turning an idea into a product that sells enough to recoup the cost of putting it on the market. And there's the ever-present...

In this mind challenging and creative site, you will learn how play and inventiveness are related. Hear inventors' stories, set your own inventive thinking in motion, and see video commentaries about the nature of play and whether or not...