MATERIALS ON
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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BOOKS
011.62 Be Best Books for Children: Preschool through Grade 6.
016.809 Ad Literature Connections to World History, K-6: Resources to Enhance and Entice.
025.5 Bl Resource-Based Learning Activities: Information Literacy for High School
Students.
025.5 Th Fostering Information Literacy: Connecting National Standards, Goals 2000, and
the SCANS Report.
028.7 To Sharks, Ships and Potato Chips: Curriculum Integrated Library Instruction.
305.409 Ce Celebrating Women's History: A Women's History Month Resource Book.
370.15 Fl TalentEd: Strategies for Developing the Talent In Every Learner.
371.3 Ma The Teacher's Book of Lists.
372.623 LI Storytelling Games: Creative Activities for Language, Communication, and
Composition.
372.83 Fr Thematic Units: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Science and Social Studies.
372.89 Pe Understanding American History through Children's Literature: Instructional Units
and Activities for Grades K-8.
373.2 In Integrated Studies in the Middle Grades: Dancing through Walls.
507 Fr Science Adventures with Children's Literature: A Thematic Approach.
508 Ba Science through Multiple Intelligences: Patterns That Inspire Inquiry.
600 Ma The Way Things Work.
607 Fl Inventing, Inventions, and Inventors: A Teaching Resource Book.
607 Ma Inventors Workshop.
608 Ca Steven Caney’s Invention Book.
608 Eg Inventors and Inventions: Creative Cross-Curricular Activities, Fascinating
Background Information, Problem-Solving Investigations for All Students.
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608 He Fire of Genius: Inventors of the Past Century.
SPANISH Las Cremalleras Tienen Dientes: Y Otras Preguntas Sobre Inventos.
608 Ta
608 Wo World of Invention.
608.7 Co The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci.
SPANISH Los Inventos.
609 Be
609 Ben Eyewitness Invention.
SPANISH Descubrimientos e Inventos.
609 Cu
SPANISH Inventos que Conmovieron al Mundo.
609 Cu
609 Dr The Inventor’s Times: Real-Life Stories of 30 Amazing Creations.
609 Go The Best of Rube Goldberg.
609 Ha Everyday Life: Inventions with Cross-Curricular Activities in each Chapter.
SPANISH Inventos y Descubrimientos.
609 In
SPANISH Inventos y Descubrimientos Mas Famosos.
609 In
609 Sm The Smithsonian Book of Invention.
PA 605 Wil Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China.
609.04 Va Inventing the Twentieth Century: 100 Inventions that Shaped the World; Form the
Airplane to the Zipper.
620 Fu Inventions: The Patented Words of R. Buckmister Fuller.
620.009 And Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself.
BB 620.1 Dr The Paper Skyscraper: The Technology of Materials. (Big Book)
628.1 Ei Constructions for Children: Projects in Design Technology.
SPANISH Maquinas e Inventos. (Enciclopedia ilustrada de ciencia y naturaleza)
621.8 Ma
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670 CD CD's, Super Glue, and Salsa: How Everyday Products Are Made.
670 CD CD’s Super Glue, and Salsa: How Everyday Products Are Made. Series 2.
759.5 Le Leonardo da Vinci for Kids -- His Life and Ideas: 21 Activities.
780 Act Activate!: Music, Movement & More. Vol. 2 No. 1.
909 Pa Calendar of Creative Man.
909.82 On Wasn’t the Future Wonderful?: A View of Trends and Technology From the 1930’s.
SPANISH El Domador de la Electricidad: Thomas Alva Edison.
92 Edi
92 Edi Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas: 21 Activities.
SPANISH El Inventor del Porvenir: James Clerk Maxwell.
92 Max
92 Wri The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age.
SPANISH 20 Inventores.
920 Di
920 He First Flight: the Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane.
920 Me Come This Far to Freedom: A History of African Americans.
931 Be Science in Ancient China.
940.2 Wi Picture the Renaissance.
970.004 Ke Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of
Inventions and Innovations.
973 Fa History Mysteries: Research-Based Mysteries for Super Sleuths to Solve,
Grade 4-6.
973 Ki Breaking Away From the Textbook: A New Approach to Teaching
American History.
973 Sa American History Writing Prompts.
973 Te Teaching American History with the Internet: Grades K-6.
973.049 Ad Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African-American History.
SPANISH Leonardo y el Aprendiz Volado: Un Cuento Sobre Leonardo Da Vinci.
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SPANISH Dos Años con Leonardo.
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GOLD FILE
GF Afr African American Inventors.
EXHIBITS
E 1805 Row 7 Shelf 16 George Washington Carver.
E 1520 Row 7 Shelf 4 Bust of Benjamin Franklin
FINE ART PRINT
FAP Leonardo 7 Scythed Car and Covered Armored Car.
FILMS, VIDEOS AND DVDS
NUMBER TITLE LEVEL TIME
MP 3778-8 Inventors and the American Industrial Revolution. I-M-S 15 Min.
MP 4116 VHS Thomas Edison: Lightning Slinger. I-M-S 51 Min.
MP 5038 VHS American inventors: The Fabulous Story of How Inventors M-S 45 Min.
Changed the Way We Live.
MP 5046 VHS Minority Inventors of Science and Engineering. S 13 Min.
MP 5725 VHS Alistair's Time Machine. (Reading Rainbow) P-I 28 Min.
MP 6222 VHS The Industrial Revolution. M-S 19 Min.
MP 6531 VHS Inventors and Inventions. I-M-S 25 Min.
MP 6860 VHS Inventions/Computers. (Bill Nye) I-M 47 Min.
MP 7020 VHS Edison's Miracle of Light. M-S 60 Min.
MP 7055 VHS Chewing Gum. (Here's How) P 10 Min.
MP 7056 VHS Elevators. (Here's How) P 10 Min.
MP 7057 VHS Light bulbs. (Here's How) P 10 Min.
MP 7058 VHS Peanuts. (Here's How) P 10 Min.
MP 7059 VHS Printing a Newspaper. (Here's How) P 10 Min.
MP 7060 VHS Radio and Television. (Here's How) P 10 Min.
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MP 7061 VHS Soap. (Here's How) P 10 Min.
MP 7156 VHS Understanding -- Television. M-S 51 Min.
MP 7191 VHS Executive Secretary/Inventor -- Entrepreneur. I-M-S 17 Min.
MP 7506 VHS Invention: Leonardo's Legacy. M-S 103 Min.
MP 7937 VHS Ideas and Inventions. (FOSS) PRO 30 Min.
MP 7939 VHS Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye. I-M-S 54 Min.
MP 7949 VHS She’s Got It!: Women Inventors and Their Inspirations. I-M-S 29 Min.
SPANISH Alexander Graham Bell. I-M 30 Min.
MP 7981 VHS
SPANISH Marie Curie. I-M 30 Min.
MP 7984 VHS
SPANISH Thomas Edison. I-M 30 Min.
MP 7986 VHS
SPANISH Benjamin Franklin. I-M 30 Min.
MP 7987 VHS
SPANISH Galileo. I-M 30 Min.
MP 7988 VHS
SPANISH Louis Pasteur. I-M 30 Min.
MP 7994 VHS
SPANISH Wright Brothers. I-M 30 Min.
MP 7999 VHS
MP 8147 VHS Benjamin Franklin. I-M-S 23 Min.
MP 8243 VHS Thomas Edison. I-M-S 23 Min.
MP 8248 VHS Alexander Graham Bell. I-M-S 23 Min.
MP 8264 VHS Henry Ford. I-M-S 23 Min.
MP 8265 VHS Louis Pasteur. I-M-S 23 Min.
MP 8266 VHS Wright Brothers. I-M-S 23 Min.
MP 8377 VHS George Washington Carver. I-M 23 min.
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MP 8420 VHS James Watt. I-M-S 23 Min.
MP 8421 VHS Eli Whitney. I-M 23 Min.
MP 8426 VHS Great Black Innovators. I-M-S 32 Min.
MP 8521 VHS Renaissance Science & Invention. M-S 23 Min.
MP 9096 DVD Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo de Vinci. P-I 14 Min.
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