PRODUCT RESEARCH
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Grade 7 | Technology Classes |
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| Mr. Reluzco |
The 7th grade technology classes will be researching inventions and inventors from the Twentieth Century. The following sites may prove useful in the search for information:
Good sites for choosing a Product to research |
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INVENTIONS
Zoom
Inventors and Inventions
a
listing of many inventions and inventors
short paragraphs on many of them
Historical
Inventions (About.com)
provides pages of valuable
information on many inventions
there is one page just on inventions of the Twentieth Century
History of
Invention
starts at the beginning of inventions
includes many products from the twentieth century
American
Inventors and Inventions
a few inventions which fall into the
Twentieth Century time frame
Inventors
& Inventions for K-12 Education
some of the entries are 20th century
How stuff
works
one of Mr. Reluzco's favorite sites
100
Years of Design
good site with great information on inventions over the last 100
years
INVENTORS (main focus of page)
National Inventors Hall of
Fame
only covers the inventors who are in the Inventors Hall of Fame
Invention Dimension (Inventor of the week)
focuses on a different inventor each week
the archive is a compilation of those inventors
About.com - Inventors
this site leads to many other sites
would also be great for choosing a product
Forgotten Inventors
a unique site listing some inventions which are often overlooked
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees
this site is a listing of the 2000 inductees to the Inventors Hall of Fame
People and Discoveries
a good site, but many of the people listed are not twentieth century
Innovative Lives
the "Lady Edisons" - Women inventors in the twentieth century
Hall of Scientists and Inventors
if no articles are provided, search with Google - Advanced Search, not the one
which is provided in the site
You may also do a search using the name of the invention or the inventor. Just remember, if you can limit the search, you should, since you may have a large number of sites to read. The Google button provided below would be most helpful. (Use the term "Exact Phrase" when searching for a name such as the name of an inventor.)
The following encyclopedias (available on district computers only) may be of use in your research. There are problems with these at this time. You may obtain an ID and Password from the librarian to use right now.
Special Site
It has been more difficult to locate information about the history of some
of the products and, therefore, we are adding the following site:
Suzuki: a brief history