This site is a good site because it has many links to places like: Spotlight: Biography, Inventors; Women Inventors of the 20th Century; Edison After Forty; and The Real McCoy, African American Inventions and Innovation, 1619-1930. The Lemelson Center link leads to virtual exhibits where you can learn about new inventions and meet the inventors who created them. On the home page there are pictures of other inventors and inventions that you can click on and get a closer look at. At the bottom of the page is the Encyclopedia Smithsonian - FAQs and Guide to Resources from A to Z. I recommend this site because it has lots of information about every kind of invention! This site is useful to both young people and adults.
Reviewed by Ariel

If you are looking for information on inventors you are sure to find it at The National Inventors Hall of Fame site. This is an award winning and interesting site. On the home page there are several choices to select from. In Whats New you find Inventor Help Links with a long list of links for inventors, a More Help Links that includes a link called Kids Stuff Sites, African-American Inventors Links, a Calendar of Events and information on possible college internships from Museum Work Experience. Other choices on the home page include National Inventors Hall of Fame, Camp Invention, Visit Us, and BF Goodrich Collegiate Program. Our favorite part is the National Inventors Hall of Fame. It has an easy-to-use index of inventors that is organized alphabetically. There is also a search option so you can find exactly who you are looking for. Each inventor has a picture and information on what they invented. The information is easy to read. We recommend this site for 3rd grade and up. We hope you enjoy the site.
Reviewed by Jessica and Kelly

This site is called The Official RUBE GOLDBERG Web Site. It has a lot of pictures and information on how he became an inventor and an artist. Rube Goldberg was actually a cartoonist who drew cartoons of complicated inventions that perform simple tasks. The cartoons are very easy to understand because they have letters labeling each part, and are really fun and entertaining to look at. Some of his inventions are How To Keep Shop Windows Clean and The Simplified Pencil Sharpener. Links include Rube Goldberg Today, Rube Goldberg Biography, Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, The Rube Goldberg Gallery, Rube Goldberg Information, Whats New, and Contact Information. We recommend this site for third grade and up. Although the site is easy to use, there is a lot of reading.
Reviewed by Ally and Chelsea

Looking for a good site on inventions? Go to INVENTION DIMENSION. This site has lots of links about inventions. On the home page, the main links are: Inventor of the Week Archives, where you will find an A to Z search; Invention Related Links & Resources that includes sites for kids, links about current research and development, and resources for the inventor; The Inventors Handbook that helps the independent inventor and the aspiring entrepreneur; The Lemelson-MIT Awards Program which is designed to inspire a new generation of American scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs; and Whats New?, which provides current information on inventing and some fun games such as a crossword puzzle and a trivia challenge. Not only does this site have lots of information, but it also loads fast and does not require any extra software. We recommend this site for ages 9 and up.
Reviewed by Ian and Maxwell

This site is really cool because it has a lot of inventions. It has inventions like the telephone, the light bulb, the hot dog, the electric guitar, pottery, plywood, the swimming pool, and penicillin. It is very easy to use. At the bottom of the page you scroll through a panel of inventions which works like a timeline. The inventions appear in the order they were invented. Click on the invention you want to learn about and the information then appears on the top part of the page. The text is written in an easy reading format. I think this site is cool because it has pictures and detailed information. I recommend this site for second grade and up.
Reviewed by Brittnie

Our sites are on Leonardo da Vinci. These sites are good because they give a lot of information on his inventions, his paintings and himself. We think these sites are for ages 7 and up. They are easy to read and the pictures are really cool. We recommend you bookmark these sites. The first site, Il Museo Leonardiano di Vinci, is a museum with three floors. Each floor has exhibits on his inventions. Just click on an invention and it will show you the invention (it takes around 30 seconds to load). The second site is called Exploring Leonardo. We strongly recommend this site for teachers and students because it includes fun classroom activities. We thought the coolest part of this site is where you enter your name and then it shows how Leonardo would have written it. In addition, there are links to other resources about Leonardo, his paintings, and more recent inventions that used da Vinci's ideas.
Reviewed by Andrew and Bob

This site is a virtual museum covering the invention of the airplane. It is fun to explore because it has a lot of great links. In Plane Database there are the names of different inventors and their planes. Inventors Gallery is organized in alphabetical order. Click on the names of inventors to get information on a specific inventor or invention. Related Sites leads you to other sites on the invention of the airplane and other museums. In Fly the 1903 Wright Flyer Simulation there are interactive simulations. We were only able to do a couple of them because we didn't have enough memory on our computer. This is the downside of this site - on some links you need 500k to download simulation and 300k to watch the simulator in action. Recommended age is 8 and up.
Reviewed by Josh and Joel
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My site is on Thomas Edison. This site is really good because it tells about his life from childhood through adulthood. He was a very famous inventor and the site lists everything he invented. The site is easy to read for kids my age and I would highly recommend this site if you are doing a report on Thomas Edison.
Reviewed by Tommy

Inventor World is a great site for anyone ages 8 or older. You can see the newest inventions in work, travel, recreation and sports. It has patent and copyright information for inventors. There are 32 links on the contents page, leading to a variety of information on inventions and inventing.
Reviewed by Max