INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS

The World Almanac For Kids: Inventions Change Our Lives   

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions.html

This webpage includes a directory of inventors with links to biographical information on Edison, Franklin, and Morse.

Zoom Inventions and Inventors

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

Learn about famous inventors and inventions. Look them up in alphabetical order.

Edison Invents!

http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/edison/

Learn all about the famous American inventor, Thomas Edison.  Play a match game to see all of his different inventions, learn how to make your own lightbulb and listen to his first recording on the phonograph.

Hero History:  Benjamin Franklin

http://www.imahero.com/../../herohistory/ben_herohistory.htm

Provides information about the major highlights of Franklin's life and work.   Includes links to photos and a timeline.

Benjamin Franklin:  Inventor

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/inventor.html

Learn more about Benjamin Franklin as an inventor.  Includes links to a timeline.

Benjamin Franklin:  Inventor

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html

This interactive page focuses on Franklin's inventions.

Inventor Benjamin Franklin

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/franklin.htm

Focuses on Franklin's inventions.

Franklin Firsts

http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/inventions.htm

Inventions and milestones set by Benjamin Franklin.

Samuel F. B. Morse

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/106.html

This page from the National Inventors Hall of Fame provides a brief biography of Morse and describes his invention of the telegraph.

Invention Dimension:  Samuel F. B. Morse

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/morse.html

Find out basic information about Morse and his invention of the telegraph.

Samuel F. B. Morse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_F._B._Morse

Begins with biographical information and includes accomplishments in a modified "list"format.

United States Patent and Trademark Offices:  Kids Pages

http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/ 

Want to know how patents and trademarks work?  Take a tour of the USPTO Patent and Trademark Museum.

The World Almanac for Kids:  Technology

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wak-013002&article_id=629&chapter_id=14&chapter_title=Technology&article_title=Young_Inventors

Learn from other boys and girls your age who became inventors.  This website may help you come up with an idea for your own invention.