3SSTechnologyandSociety

**Technology and Society**
Necessity is the Mother of Invention Webquest Webquest introducing how and why certain inventions came about. Hands out to go along with webquest. http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/invent/invent.htm

Inventor and Invention Scavenger Hunt http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_invent_hunt1.shtml

The Life of Thomas Edison http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edbio.html

Interview with Chuck Yeager One of the "toughest" pilots, both mentally and physically, in aviation history, and few have ever matched his piloting skills http://www.chuckyeager.org/htm_docs/inter1.shtml

History of Inventions http://www.cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html

Inventive Genius Student created source for inventor research http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/main.htm

PBS The American Experience Inventions: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature

Inventors Hall of Fame Search by Inventor, Invention, Date, or Decade http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

Spotlight Biography: Inventors http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/inventors1.html

Yahooligans: Science: Inventors Use this site for researching Inventors http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Machines/Inventions/Inventors

Inventors Online Museum http://www.inventorsmuseum.com

Inventions and Inventors http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors

Invention Dimension Invention of the Week Archives http://web.mit.edu/invent/index.html

The Worst Invention Ever Writing Bug Students write their opinion on the worst invention ever. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug018.shtml

The Best Invention Ever Writing Bug Students write their opinion on the best invention ever. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/writing_bug/writingbug017.shtml

Leonardo's Mystery Machines Students are introduced to one of eight "mystery machines" invented by Leonardo da Vinci. After careful observation, students must choose one of the buttons on the bottom that corresponds most closely with the invention. http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousMachinery.htm