Read about MIT teacher and practitioner Ernesto Blanco, inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair. This article provides details on the inventor's life, his career outside of MIT, and his inventions that continue to help the handicapped...

A description of Granville Woods' successful invention, the multiplex telegraph, which greatly improved railroad safety. From the Lemelson-MIT Project.

This brief article from MIT Invention Dimension on George Washington Carver (1865-1943 CE) provides an overview of his education and his inventions, which influenced the world of agriculture.

Read about Jonas Salk and the development of the polio vaccine. This article from the MIT Invention Dimension includes several links to further information on the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Salk Institute for...

An MIT mathematics teacher presents a module on a particular effect of frequency called the stroboscopic effect. Students will learn about low and high frequency phenomena, the stroboscope, and real-life examples of the stroboscopic....

This course outline offers resources focused on the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean.

Examining the history of the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire through to the present. Enhance lessons with these resources.

Biography of Helen Free, detailing her life as a chemist and inventor who developed many products for consumer use, including a convenient at-home glocose level test.

Engage learners in the study of the ocean and saltwater with these activities. Students will see that saltwater has different physical properties than freshwater - mainly density. This lesson can serve as a springboard into other...

This is an opinion essay by a faculty member from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) of an article from The Economist. This is a good site for the serious student.

At this site from the MIT Program you can read how Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker, or Madame C.J. Walker, and Marjorie Joyner "founded beauty schools for blacks" and changed the lives of African-Americans.

This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides the history of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Important part of the Industrial Revolution.

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".

This plain text obituary from Newsday is published in The Tech, MIT's "Oldest and largest newspaper."

Details Bill Clinton's health care reform plan.

Several demonstrations shown in a video lecture format, illustrate the theory and applications of lasers and optics.

Comparing Greek and Roman architecture? Unearth new resources for teaching about the methods of development in these ancient cities.

Brief article, with biographical details, about Sam Colt's invention of the Colt revolver, the first weapon with a revolving cylinder that could hold six bullets.

Edmund Cartwright is featured in this brief biography for automating the textile industry with a power loom.

According to this article, Elijah McCoy (1844-1929 CE) is one of the most prolific inventors in American history. Read about his parents who escaped slavery by traveling on the Underground Railroad and about his invention, the automatic...

Inventor Frederick M. Jones is featured in this brief biography for his lasting contributions to the refrigerator and cinema industries.

This brief article talks about how Luther Burbank (1849-1926 CE) invented the "Idaho" potato, the July Elberta peach, the Santa Rosa plum, and the Flaming Gold nectarine through his crossbreeding experiments, which changed the world of...

Read about Roy Plunkett's invention, teflon, one of the best-known and most widely used polymers that was created by accident.

This site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology contains information on Wallace Hume Carothers and his invention of nylon.