Factory Tours - With summer almost upon us, many of us will be traveling to the beach or to visit friends and family. This site can help you plan an educational visit to tour a factory during your travels. "[Factory Tours] celebrates American imagination and industry. What better way to appreciate those qualities than to visit and tour America at work. (Y, M, O, T)
Forces: Springs & Direction - From BBC; includes activity & fact sheet (Y, M, O, T)
Simple Machines Activities - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed! (Y, M, O, T)
Lever - A simple activity showing different classes of levers (Y, M, O, T)
Springs I - An experiment using springs (Y, M, O, T)
Pulleys I - An experiment with pulleys (Y, M, O, T)
Machines In Action - Simple worksheet using observation to help students become more aware of the machines in use around them (Y, M, O, T)
Overcoming Friction I - A simple experiment showing friction in action (Y, M, O, T)
The Inventor's Workshop - Learn about Leonardo DaVinci while exploring machines (Y, M, O, T)
The Invention Dimension - From MIT; an inventor's handbook, the invention of the week archives, and invention related links and resources (Y,M)
Inventors and Inventions Theme Page - This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources related to the study of inventors and inventions. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) that will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. (Y, M, O, T)
Inventor's Workshop - "TeachersFirst developed this unit to provide upper elementary and middle school teachers with a set of resources for exploring inventors and inventions." Includes an online inventors unit, a quiz, and a list of inventor/invention resources. (Y,M)
Internet Scavenger Hunt: Inventors & Inventions - Education World writer Hazel Jobe has created special Internet scavenger hunts that will have your students surfing the best on-line resources for fun facts about some famous and not-so-famous inventors and inventions. (Y, M, O, T)
Inventors/Inventions - long list of resources detailing specific inventors including Leonardo DaVinci, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Cyrus McCormick, Samuel Morris, Eli Whitney, and more (Y, M, O, T)
Black Scientists and Inventors - excellent resource page detailing specific inventors from Infoplease.com (Y, M, O, T)
Simple Machines Activities - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed. Each area contains examples of simple machines to find and classify. (Y, M, O, T)
Samuel Morse - by World Almanac for Kids (Y,M)
Black History Month in the UK - Scientists - Use to celebrate Black History Month (October) or adapt to inspire for any occasion! (Y, M, O, T)
PIONEERS, Inc. - PIONEERS, Inc., a subsidiary of the Hiram and Celia Ray Foundation, is a non-profit organization specializing in the research of Black Scientists and Inventors and dedicated to the preservation of Black American history and culture. (Y, M, O, T)
Famous Black Inventors - Famous black inventors - a database list of African American patent holders and individual biographies of African American inventors. Black History month and the historic contributions of black scientists and engineers. African American women in technology. From About.com (Y, M, O, T)
African-American History - Scientists & Inventors - From About.com (Y, M, O, T)
The Lemelson Center - The Study of Invention and Innovation (M O)