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Inventions
Books about inventions
F SMA Small, David. Ruby Mae has something to say
608 STG St. George, Judith. So you want to be an inventor?
609 Ben Bender, Lionel. Invention
609 BRI Bridgman, Roger. 1000 Inventions & Discoveries
609 Gat Gates, Phil. Nature Got There First
609.73 JEF Jeffries, Michael. Inventors and Inventions
621.32 NOB Nobleman, Marc Tyler. The light bulb
621.384 WOR Worland, Gayle. The radio
621.385 NOB Nobleman, Marc Tyler. The telephone
637.4 GRE Greenstein, Elaine. Ice Cream Cones for sale
Books about inventors
B BEL Shuter, Jane. Alexander Graham Bell
B CAR Franchino, Vicky. George Washington Carver
B FRA Adler, David A. A picture book of Benjamin Franklin
B EDI Adler, David A. A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison
B EDI Guthridge, Sue. Thomas a. Edison: young inventor
B EDI Shuter, Jane. Thomas Edison
B GUT Fisher, Leonard Everett. Gutenberg
For more books available at Dayton Metro Library
Videos
Great Inventors (Charlie Brown series)
Benjamin Franklin (Schlessinger Media)
Thomas Edison (Schlessinger Media)
Websites
About.com - Inventions
An A to Z listing of inventions, can link to A to Z listing of inventors, American Inventors, Black Inventors, Women Inventors, Kid Inventors, etc.
Contains information about inventors and what they invented.
Enchanted Learning - Inventions
Listing of Inventions and Inventors - alphabetically, by time period, by country, type of invention.
Invent Now/National Inventors Hall of Fame
Biographies about famous inventors and the inventions who have been induced into the Hall of Fame.
Born in Ohio, this website tells about this great man and his accomplishments
Famous Inventions – A-History of Inventions
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm
An A to Z listing of inventions, A to Z listing of inventors, American Inventors, Black Inventors, Women Inventors, Kid Inventors
Great Idea Finder
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/index.html
Includes invention facts & myths, inventor profiles, timelines and quizes. Also lists additional resources - books and websites.
Lemelson Center: Explore Invention at the Lemelson Center
Part of the Smithsonian: National Museum of American History
Lemelson-MIT Archive: Inspiring Invention- Fun Sites for Kids
Ohio History Is Alive! - Inventions
List of inventions by people in Ohio.
OPLIN - Inventions and Inventors
List of Ohio inventions and inventors
Who Made America?/ Innovators
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/innovators_hi.html
Biographies of people who changed the way America worked, played and lived.
CBS Kids – History of Inventions, a timeline from Pottery to Computers
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
Interactive timeline featuring facts about great inventions throughout history that have changed the way we live and think.