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American Physiological Society: Earl Howard Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about Earl Wood, past president of the American Physiological Society and a pioneer in cardiac catheterization.
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The Design Museum: Lesson Plan: Redesign Your Own Kitchen

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Before the pioneering work of Margarete Grete Schutte-Lihotzky, kitchens would contain furniture such as dressers and chests of drawers, much like a bedroom, but in 1926 Grete changed everything. Watch the video to learn about the...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Freedom Rides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In-depth resources about the Freedom Rides and the brave civil rights pioneers.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Lucille Ball

For Students 9th - 10th
Lucille Ball was an American actress, pioneer in comedy, and businesswoman.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
Poet, dancer, singer, activist, and scholar, Maya Angelou is a world-famous author. She is best known for her unique and pioneering autobiographical writing style.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Hedy Lamarr

For Students 6th - 8th
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today's WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Entrepreneurship: Creativity, Innovation, and Invention: How They Differ

For Students 9th - 10th
This resources teaches students how to distinguish between creativity, innovation, and invention, and to explain the difference between pioneering and incremental innovation, and which processes are best suited to each.
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Picturing Golda Mier

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of images documenting the life of Golda Meir from childhood in Pinsk, Russia, through her school years in Milwaukee, her pioneer years in Palestine in the 1920s, to the peak of her political career as Prime Minister of...
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: Edward Alexander Bouchet

For Students 3rd - 8th
A profile of Edward Alexander Bouchet (1852-1918), the first African American to graduate from Yale in 1874, and the first to earn a doctorate from an American university when he earned a Ph.D. in physics in 1876.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: David Nelson Crosthwait

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of David Nelson Crosthwait (1898-1976), an African-American electrical and mechanical engineer. He was considered an authority on heat transfer, ventilation and air conditioning.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: John Frederic Daniell

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) who was a British chemist and meteorologist. He invented the first reliable DC battery. His inventions included a hygrometer, a pyrometer, and several types of batteries.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: Edwin Laurentine Drake

For Students 3rd - 8th
A profile of Edwin Laurentine Drake (1819 -1880), the first man to successfully obtain oil from the ground by drilling in 1859. His invention of the drive pipe stopped flooding and cave-ins, and revolutionized the oil industry.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: Sebastian Ziani De Ferranti

For Students 3rd - 5th
A profile of Sebastian Pietro Innocenzo Adhemar Ziani de Ferranti, who was an electrical engineer and an inventor. He lived from 1864 to 1930, and designed the first modern power plant using a system that is still in use today.
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Pbs: Pioneer in Intelligence Testing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, which is provided for by PBS, gives a brief summary of Alfred Binet's major contributions to intelligence testing.
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Finding Dulcinea: Billie Jean King, Tennis Star and Feminist Pioneer

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on former tennis pro Billie Jean King, with career highlights and an overview of her personal life. Dated November 2010.
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African American Pioneers: Richard Allen

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from Afgen.com contains the life history of Richard Allen. Richard was the founding bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Kinghorn School Days

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of the one-room school house in Kinghorn, Ontario operated between 1895 and 1936. Its history is told here through narratives, sound and images.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The French Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit features narratives and pictures that recount the history of French settlers to the banks of the Detroit River in the 1700s.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Victorian Fashions in the Upper Ottawa Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
100 years of fashions, 1840-1940, are showcased in this collection of images. Included are close-up photographs that detail much of the intricate work produced during the Victorian Period.
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University of Alberta

Atlas of Alberta Railways: The Railway Labourers: The Navvies

For Students 9th - 10th
Many immigrants died during the building of Canada's railway. How they were recruited, their housing, food, pay, etc. are detailed here.
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National Museum of American History: Building a Sod House

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ready to be an early settler on the plains? While playing this interactive game, you'll get to build your own sod house ..if ..you have the right answers.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Sterling Flour Mill

For Students 9th - 10th
Trace the history of milling and learn about the milling of flour as you explore the stories celebrating the history of the Sterling Flour Mill in Strome Alberta. Included are images of artifacts and primary source documents.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Work of the Blacksmith Green Family Forge, Trinity, Nl

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the tools used by the blacksmith at the forge and how iron was worked with to create such things as horseshoes and the iron bands for cart wheels. Selecting the print story provides for more detailed information.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out the awesome images of the railroads as they helped to connect Canada's east and west.

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