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		KID'S PAGE ^Votes:0 TO THE KIDS ZONE Welcome to Alexander Graham Bell's Kids' Page. Here you will find a place where you can enjoy being a kid. Explore the unknown, but have fun! Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell liked to work with children. Check out some of the links below that show what Bell had created for you to have fun with. It is educational and we can learn together! LINKS LINKS LINKS ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL'S GAMES Print off each page and enjoy the fun! Preschool Page 1 "SEE & DO!" Page 2 "Helen couldn't do this, can you!!" Page 3 "Make them go together!" Page 4 "I like to draw, do you?" Grades 1 & 2 Page 1 "Can you find the phones?" Page 2 Find the right Kite? Page 3 "This one stumped Matthew!" Page 4 "Can you tell the difference?" Grades 3 & 4 Page 1 Find the old phones? Page 2 "Nadine Crashed Read More Go to Site


		Ben's Guide: Benjamin Franklin ^Votes:0 Benjamin Franklin Hello kids! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Benjamin Franklin. I will be your guide throughout this site. You probably know me best as a Founding Father and from my "shocking" kite experiment. I have been chosen to represent GPO Access since I was involved in setting up the first public library in America and my work during the early days of government printing has led some people to give me the honorary title of "first public printer" of the United States. Click on one of the areas below to learn more about my life: Printer Librarian Inventor Statesman Or view a timeline of my life. A service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office . Last updated: February 5, 2007 12:59 Page Name: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfrankl Read More Go to Site

		Benjamin Banneker ^Votes:0 Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker, the son of Robert and Mary Bannaky was born in 1731. His grandfather was a slave from Africa and his grandmother, an indentured servant from England. His grandfather was known as Banna Ka, then later as Bannaky, his grandmother as Molly Walsh. His grandmother was a maid in England who had been sent to Maryland as an indentured servant. When she finished her seven years of bondage, she bought a farm along with two slaves to help her take care of it. Walsh freed both slaves and married one, Bannaky. They had several children, among them a daughter named Mary. When Mary Bannaky grew up, she bought a slave named Robert, married him and had several children, including Benjamin. Benjamin Banneker grew up on the family farm. Around town it was known as "Bannak Read More Go to Site

		Benjamin Franklin and His Inventions ^Votes:0 A list of Benjamin Franklin's inventions reveals a man of many talents and interests. It was the scientist in Ben that brought out the inventor. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better. Ben had poor vision and needed glasses to read. He got tired of constantly taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of spectacles cut in half and put half of each lens in a single frame. Today, we call them bifocals . For more information, visit Benjamin Franklin: Father of the Bifocal . Even though Ben is not famous for his study of bioscience, he was interested in how the human body works and looked for ways to help it work better. For e Read More Go to Site

		Biographical Garrett A. Morgan - Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program ^Votes:0 THE GARRETT A. MORGAN TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION FUTURES PROGRAM EDUCATING TOMORROW'S TRANSPORTATION WORKFORCE An American Inventor Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. was an American inventor whose curiosity and innovation led him to develop several commercial products, the successors of which are still in use today. A practical man of humble beginnings, Morgan devoted his life to creating items that made the lives of common people safer and more convenient. Among his creations was the three-position traffic signal, a traffic management device that greatly improved safety along America's streets and roadways. Morgan's technology was the basis for the modern-day traffic signal and was a significant contribution to development of what we now know as Intelligent Tran Read More Go to Site

		Garett Morgan ^Votes:0 Hero Garrett Morgan Genius inventor, and businessman Garrett Augustus Morgan was born in Paris , Kentucky March 4, 1877 to Sidney and Elizabeth (Reed) Morgan. Elizabeth Morgan had been a slave freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. She and Sidney had eleven children, Garrett Morgan was the seventh . After only six years of schooling in Kentucky, Morgan (Garrett) moved to Cincinnati as a teenager . At that time, northern cities provided more opportunities for people of color. In Cincinnati, Morgan worked as a handyman for a wealthy landowner. But, he had a much better vision for his life, and the courage to try to fulfill it. So, in 1895 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In Cleveland through hard work and brilliant problem solving skills, Morgan became known as a genius inventor. His first inve Read More Go to Site

		InventorEd's Inventor Resource Internet Pages. Information about inventing, inventors, obtaining a patent, and enforcement of patent rights. ^Votes:0 InventorEd, Inc. Presents: K i d s I n v e n t o r R e s o u r c e s Click here to break out of Frame PLEASE Support InventorEd Your Donation Helps MIT Page on Ronald J Riley Science Fiction and Inventors You want to be an inventor but you do not know where to start? HOW I BECAME AN INVENTOR By Ronald J. Riley This is aimed at 5th through 12th grade students. When I was a child I loved to take my toys apart to see what made them work, and then put them back together. My father bought me a new hand tool every other week when he received his pay check. He gave me space in our basement for a work bench. One of the first things I did when I received a new toy was to disassemble it to see how it worked. I would then put it back together. Most of the time the toys still worked, but I clearly rem Read More Go to Site

		Jefferson's Monticello: Thomas Jefferson ^Votes:0 Select a category Agriculture & Gardening Architecture & Design Books & Letters Music & Entertainment Food & Cooking Science & Exploration Politics, Philosophy & Religion Brief Reports on Jefferson's Interests and Life Quotes Physical Descriptions of Jefferson Genealogical Resources Monticello Podcasts Available in our Online Shop: Thomas Jefferson: A Brief Biography Home » Jefferson A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson Experience the range of Jefferson's interests through a typical twenty-four hours of his retirement at Monticello. More » Brief Biography of Thomas Jefferson A short essay on Jefferson's life and achievements. Go » Timeline of Jefferson's Life A timeline of the significant public and private events in Jefferson's life. More » Jefferson's West - The Lewis and Clark Expediti Read More Go to Site

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		Meet Melvil ^Votes:0 Meet Melvil Who put the Dewey in the Dewey Decimal System? Home Melvil Dewey lived an extraordinary life! He was born in Adams Center, New York, on December 10, 1851, and died on December 26, 1931. He was a librarian who invented a decimal classification system for library books called the Dewey Decimal System. In 1876, he founded the American Library Association and published the first Library Journal, which included new library trends and book reviews. Melvil opened the first library school in 1887 located at Columbia University. Melvil Dewey sure did a lot of things in his lifetime. Click here to return to Dewey's home page. Read More Go to Site

		Middletown Thrall Library: Meet Melvil Dewey ^Votes:0 Melvil Dewey, 1851 - 1931 Melvil Dewey was born in New York on the tenth of December, 1851. He went to school and eventually became a librarian at Amherst College. In 1876, he published an important book, one that would totally change the way books were arranged in libraries. Through this book Dewey established the Dewey Decimal System. Dewey did other things to affect the ways libraries operate today. He helped found the American Library Association in 1876 and established the first professional library school in the United States in 1887. Other associations Dewey was involved with include the Children's Library Association, the Association of State Librarians, and the American Library Institute. He also edited Library Journal (with which Middletown Thrall library is a subscriber). Dewey Read More Go to Site

		Q&A for Kids - Yahoo! Kids ^Votes:0 HOME HOLIDAY TOYS GAMES ARCADE BOARD & TILE CARD HOLIDAY MOVIE & TV SPORTS WORD OTHERS GAMES ON THE WEB MUSIC MUSIC ARTISTS A-Z MUSIC VIDEOS A-Z MUSIC ON THE WEB MOVIES MOVIES A-Z NOW SHOWING COMING SOON DVDs MOVIES ON THE WEB JOKES SPORTS ECARDS ALL ECARDS HOROSCOPE STUDYZONE KIDS HOME ASK EARL ASK EARL almanacs calendars census info compass rose conversions daylight savings time dictionaries encyclopedias flags historical maps leap year libraries metric system postal info reference seasons temperature thesaurus time zones u.s. map world map Games Music Movies Sports Jokes Ask Earl Ecards Homework Help News Reference Internet Safety See All Yahoo! Kids >> Play games Watch music videos Check out movies Learn about science Read jokes Send ecards Learn Internet Safety Get homework help Read More Go to Site

		SPECTRUM Biographies - Benjamin Franklin ^Votes:0 © KB Shaw Publication Date: Benjamin Franklin Researcher: Rachel Sahlman Artist: Dick Strandberg Benjamin Franklin, born January 17, 1706, was the 10th son, and 15th child, of 17 children in the Josiah Franklin family. Josiah was a soap and candlemaker, who lived in Boston, Massachusetts with his second wife, Abiah Folger. Although Franklin learned to read at an early age, he only attended grammar school for two years. By the time he was 10 years old, Franklin was working for his father. However, he did not enjoy the candlemaking profession, and two years later, Franklin was apprenticed to his brother James, a printer. For five years, Franklin sought to master the printers' trade. During this time, he also strove to improve his education. Franklin read numerous classics and perfected his w Read More Go to Site

		SPECTRUM Biographies - Thomas Alva Edison ^Votes:0 © KB Shaw Publication Date: Thomas Alva Edison Researcher: Rachel Sahlman In his lifetime, Thomas Alva Edison profoundly affected the technology of modern society. The American inventor was born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Edison, Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. When Edison was 7 years old, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, after his father hired on as a carpenter at the Fort Gratiot military post. Edison entered school in Port Huron, but his teachers considered him to be a dull student. Because of hearing problems, Edison had difficulty following the lessons and his school attendance became sporadic. Nevertheless, Edison became a voracious reader and at age 10, he set up a laboratory in his basement. When his mother could not longer s Read More Go to Site

		The Story of Louis Braille ^Votes:0 The Story of Louis Braille There was a time, not long ago, when most people thought that blind people could never learn to read. People thought that the only way to read was to look at words with your eyes. A young French boy named Louis Braille thought otherwise. Blind from the age of three, young Louis desperately wanted to read. He realized the vast world of thought and ideas that was locked out to him because of his disability. And he was determined to find the key to this door for himself, and for all other blind persons. This story begins in the early part of the nineteenth century. Louis Braille was born in 1809, in a small village near Paris. His father made harnesses and other leather goods to sell to the other villagers. Louis' father often used sharp tools to cut and punch holes Read More Go to Site

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