Here are some links to use for researching your project:

Inventors and Inventions:

1. Enchanted Learning - inventors and inventions
2. Ideafinder - inventor biographies
3. IdeaFinder Timeline - organized by date
4. Invent Now Hall of Fame - search by inventor, invention, or date
5. Innovative Lives - inventor biographies
6. Inventors and Inventions - lists
7. Cybersleuth - list of inventors
8. Top Ten African American Inventors - from Scholastic
9. Kulture Kidz - African American Inventors
10. eMints Famous African American Inventors - list of links
11. Women Inventors
12. Women Inventors Index - has pictures of the original patents of women inventors
13. How Stuff Works
14. The Great Idea Finder Invention Categories - search by category
15. Factmonster - A to Z list of inventions
16. Technology Timeline - from PBS

Search:

Google Safe Search - use the box at the top to search

Wikipedia - use with care, some information may not be correct

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