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Information Need |
| The purpose of this page is to provide resources for
Invention Convention students and teachers. This is not an exhaustive list
and should just be used as a starting point. Materials from other schools
can be acquired through interlibrary loan. |
 
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Book Title |
Call Number |
Schools available |
| Why
didn't I think of that? From Clocks to Zippers. |
600 GAR |
APJ, LIJ |
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History of Invention. |
609 WIL |
FMJ, RIJ, LIJ |
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Steve Caney's Invention Book. |
608 CAN |
CCE, GWE, HPM, OHE, NWE, RTE, STE, YLE, MHE, AKE, RAE |
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American Inventions: A Chronicle of Achievements that Changed the World. |
609 AME |
WWJ |
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a Fan in your Hat! Inventions, Contraptions, and Gadgets kids can build. |
608 CAR |
FMJ, MHE |
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Invention. |
608 BRU |
RPL |
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Inventing for Kids: A Nuts and Bolts Guide to Inventing and Invention
Convention Organization. |
607.1 BRU |
RPL |
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Inventing, Inventions and Inventors: A teaching resource book. |
607.1 FLA,
608 FLA |
APJ, NWE, RPL,
SKE |
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Smithsonian Book of Invention. |
609 SMI |
APJ, RHE, RLE, RPL, FMJ, LHJ |
| How
to enter and win an Invention Contest. |
607 SOB |
LHJ, RIJ, RWJ, FMJ |
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Inventions. |
608 OSB |
RCC |
| How
Things Work. |
541.3 HOW |
STE, MRE, WRE, DBE |
| The
Way Things Work. |
600 MAC |
Numerous |
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Extraordinary stories behind the Invention of Ordinary Things. |
608
WUL |
ACM, BSE, DME, GWE, MKE, SKE SRE, YLE |
| Men
of Science and Invention. |
608 AME |
LHS, SKE, SRE, BSE |
| Giants of
Invention. |
920 THA |
BHS, LIJ, MKE |
| Invention and
Technology. |
920 LOM |
BHS, RIJ, RWJ,
RNJ, ACM |
| Let's Build an
Invention. |
608 CHA |
ACM, SRE, MPE |
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Inventing Stuff. |
608 SOB |
RNJ, RPL |
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Encyclopedia of Modern Everyday Inventions. |
609 COL |
FMJ |
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Inventions by Women. |
609.2 THI |
RWJ, RNJ, APJ, PHJ, ACM |
| The Kid's
Invention Book. |
608 ERL |
Numerous |
 
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Keywords like: Inventions, Inventors, patents, technolgy.
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 Connecticut
Invention Convention. |
Houghton-Mifflin Invention Convention overview and guidelines. |
Links for invention and inventor resources. |
Example of Invention Convention guidelines. |
 Famous
Inventions A to Z. |
 A Timeline of the history
of Invention. |
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Invention
facts. Has a number of great links. |
How to Invent. |
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Inventors and Inventions series. Acrylic Submersible. 6:25 (United Streaming
Video) |
Inventors and Inventions series. Baby Stretcher. 2:55 (United Streaming
Video) |
Inventors and Inventions series. Boomerang. 5:00 (United Streaming Video) |
Dubuque ISD Invention Convention Video
(good!) 11:38 |
Invention Recycling. A boy invents a
biodegradable golf tee. (United Streaming Video) 24:35 |
Be an Inventor. (United Streaming Video) 22:41 |
 
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Video |
Call Number |
Schools available |
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Invention |
VID 608 INV |
RWJ, MHE, RIJ |
| Inventing in
Today's World. |
VID 608 INV |
NWE, FRE, BWE |
| She's Got It!:
Women Inventors and their Inspiration. |
VID 920 SHE |
SRE |
| Stories of Invention and
Ingenuity. Vol. 1 |
VID 608 STO |
DVE |
| History of Invention. |
VID 609 HIS |
SCE, BWE, DME, FRE, CBE, JHE |
| Smithsonian Institution and The
Discovery Channel present: Invention. |
VID 608 INV |
RIJ |
| Making it happen: Masters of
Invention. |
VID 609 MIK |
RPL |
| Invention: Recycling |
VID 628.445 INV |
APJ, FMJ, LHJ, LIJ, PHJ, RIJ, RNJ,
WWJ, RWJ |
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