Inventors/Inventions Hotlist

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors
This website provides information about various inventions and inventors. They are organized by category, time period, and country of origin as well as alphabetically.
http://www.b-link.co.uk/ckn/inventors/index.htm
This website provides information about the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers, Henry Ford, and many others.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp
This site contains the Inventors' Hall of Fame recipients and their accomplishments. In addition, it provides information on how to obtain a patent, various competitions, and questions and answers about inventors and their inventions.
http://inventors.about.com/
This website provides a timeline for 20th century inventions as well as the history of the industrial revolution. Information about patents, trademarks, and copyrights is also provided. Inventors and inventions are organized alphabetically. There is also a section on inventions made by children.

http://www.inventamerica.org/
This site is set up to help children learn by inventing. It helps to teach children creativity and problem solving skills. Materials for getting started with a class inventions project can be obtained as well for use both at home and in schools.

http://historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/
This site provides the history of toys and their inventors. Inventors sited include the Parker Brothers, Walt Disney, and Milton Bradley. A quiz to test your knowledge of toys and games is provided to see how much you know about them.

Created by C. Wallace and L. Cravatt, Ed Cody Elementary. 2005