Invention Web Resources for Students
Useful links for researching inventors and inventions
 

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(From l to r: Lonnie Johnson, Stephanie Kwolek, Charles F. Kettering, Philo Farnsworth, Thomas Edison, Madame C.J. Walker)


African American Inventors
From the Black Inventors Online Museum

African American Inventors A-Z
From Inventors.about.com

Biography.com
All kinds of biographies, including many about famous inventors.

InfOhio  Free resources for Ohio schools, including Britannica Online, American National Biography, and more.

The Invention Dimension
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a great invention resource. Check out the Inventor of the Week Archives for lots of biographies.

Inventors.about.com
Loaded with information and biographies about inventors, plus extensive information about inventions and patents.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame
A great web site with biographies of inventors in the Hall of Fame.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Everything you wanted to know about patents and trademarks. You can also search a database for patents issued by the U.S. Government.

Women Inventors
From Inventors.about.com