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• Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Scientists  (163)

• Historical Inventors: A To Z   [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
• National Inventors Hall of Fame   [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.

• African-American Inventors [ Kids/Teens ] - Student-friendly articles and photos of famous black inventors and scientists.
• Blacks in Technology, Past and Present [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Profiles of seven African American inventors.
• Elias Howe [ Kids/Teens ] - Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.
• Encarta: African American Inventors [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Highlights a few of the remarkable African American men and women who changed the way people live their lives.
• Great and Famous Inventors [ Kids ] - Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.
• Innovative Lives [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
• The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives [ Kids/Teens ] - Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.
• The Magnificent Safety Pin [ Kids/Teens ] - Walter Hunt is credited with inventing this, at least in modern times.
• Microchip Co-inventor Learned Basics in Iowa [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - An article about Robert Noyce, co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
• Partial List of African American Inventors [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - From an unknown source, a list of African Americans, their inventions and their patent dates.
• 19th Century African-American Inventors [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.
• Walter Hunt: Inventor of the Safety Pin [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Read about Walter Hunt who invented lots of things, including the safety pin.