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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1940 1959

For Students 9th - 10th
Defense-related research leads to the computer, the world enters the atomic age and TV conquers America.
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1960 1979

For Students 9th - 10th
Computers evolve into PCs, researchers discover one new subatomic particle after another and the space age gives our psyches and science a new context.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Carbons to Computers

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an excellent timeline of the history of the American office. Great pictures, easy to read, and the history is broken into eras for easy researching.
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Columbia University

Columbia University Computing H Istory: Hollerith 1890 Census Tabulator

For Students 9th - 10th
Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine was a very important advancement on the historical timeline of computing devices. This site describes how the machine worked and the role that it played in the development of the computing devices...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Technology Over Time

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn how technology in the home has changed through the years. Scroll through a timeline from 1900 to 2010 to explore technological innovations in the home (such as...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Wearable Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
Take an academic look at wearable computing with this site from MIT. Check out the research currently going on at the institution, including "fashion shows" of various devices. Also contains "A Brief History of Wearable Computing Timeline".

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