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INVENTIONS PROJECT

Technology classes will be researching inventions from the Twentieth Century.

The following sites may prove useful in the search for information:

 

Good sites for choosing a Product to research

Inventions and Discoveries

Technology Timeline

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
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

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

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.)

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Cite Your Sources!

 

Get quick and easy APA examples at APA Citation Style, or click on Citation Machine (also available from the library homepage)

 

 

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