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Elementary School • Inventors & Scientists
Inventions - World Book for Kids http://0-www.worldbookonline.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/pl/forkids/search?st1=inventions&x=0&y=0
Invention http://0-go.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/ps/i.do?id=GALE|9780756635589&v=2.1&u=lvccld_main&it=etoc&p=GVRL&sw=w
Provides an introduction to a variety of inventions, both ancient and modern, that have changed the world.
Inventors - World Book http://0-www.worldbookonline.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/pl/infofinder/biocentersearch?br1=inventors&search=browse
Information on inventors; can be narrowed down by Nationality.
Inventors & Scientists - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?subTopic=Scientists%2B%2526%2BInventors&locID=lvccld_main&topic=Science%2B%2526%2BMath&ste=3
African-Americans
Inventors and Inventions http://0-go.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3444700642&v=2.1&u=lvccld_main&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w
African-American inventors and their inventions. Grades 4 & up.
Women
4000 years of Women in Science http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
Find out about famous woman scientists!
Americans
American Inventions http://0-go.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2536600647&v=2.1&u=lvccld_main&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w
During the Revolutionary-period America, several inventors proposed or produced ingenious innovations that foretold the “know-how” that later became Americans’ famous reputation. Grades 4&up.
Inventions
Inventions - Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia http://0-go.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/ps/i.do?ty=as&v=2.1&u=lvccld_main&it=search&s=RELEVANCE&p=GVRL&st=T003&dblist=GVRL&qt=OQE~inventions~~PU~%22Children%27s+Illustrated+Encyclopedia%22&sw=w
Constructions & Architecture - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&subTopic=Construction%2B%2526%2BArchitecture&locID=lvccld_main&topic=Inventions%2B%2526%2BTechnology&ste=3
Flight
Flying Machine http://0-go.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/ps/i.do?id=GALE|9780756635527&v=2.1&u=lvccld_main&it=etoc&p=GVRL&sw=w
Provides an introduction to the history of flight and explores the various aircraft in use today.
Scientists
Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
More than a thousand biographies of famous scientists.
The Galileo Project http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/catalog.html
631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries with vital facts about each individual and their contributions to science.
Inventors
Forgotten Inventors http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature/
Who invented the can opener? How about the Frisbee? Cool stuff!
Inventors - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?subTopic=Technology%2B%2526%2BInvention&vrsn=127&locID=lvccld_main&failover=0&topic=Inventions%2B%2526%2BTechnology&c=1&searchTerm=Inventors&ste=5&tbst=tsrch&tab=1&bConts=39
Inventions That Make Our Life Easier
Inventions for Daily Life http://0-ic.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SUIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&source=&sortBy=&displayGroups=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCV2643450379&userGroupName=lvccld_main&jsid=23ecbe83c056f90c5a7a18b413a4ba96
Inventors in the eighteenth century worked to make life easier. Includes, Ben Franklin's inventions.
Machines, Engines & Motors - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&subTopic=Machines%252C%2BEngines%2B%2526%2BMotors&locID=lvccld_main&topic=Inventions%2B%2526%2BTechnology&ste=3
Materials - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&subTopic=Materials&locID=lvccld_main&topic=Inventions%2B%2526%2BTechnology&ste=3
Inventions - Technology
Technology, Engineering & Inventions - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&subTopic=Technology%2B%2526%2BInvention&locID=lvccld_main&topic=Inventions%2B%2526%2BTechnology&ste=3
Computers & Electronics - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&subTopic=Computers%2B%2526%2BElectronics&locID=lvccld_main&topic=Inventions%2B%2526%2BTechnology&ste=3
Telecommunications - Kids InfoBits http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.ilsweb.lvccld.org/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&subTopic=Telecommunications&locID=lvccld_main&topic=Inventions%2B%2526%2BTechnology&ste=3