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 did you know
Did You Know?		 what do you see?
What Do
You See?		 what do you hear?
What Do You Hear? 		how does it read?
How Does It Read?

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Primary Sources

how do I find it?
How Do I Find It?
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Resources

science and innovation teacher ideas

  1. How did inventions and scientific discovery change the landscape of the country?

  2. What significance do the quotations have in the Science and Innovation Treasure Hunt?

  3. Zoom in on the map at the Samuel F. B. Morse site. Then, have students pick a state. What cities had telegraph service in 1853?

Web Site Tie-ins

Who was? Alexander Graham Bell -
http://www.att.com/attlabs/technology/forfun/alexbell/

Monticello, The Home of Thomas Jefferson -
http://www.monticello.org

Smithsonian - Telegraph Key (Samuel Morse) -
http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/r818.htm

American Treasures of the Library of Congress (Wright Brothers) -
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr019.html

Thomas A. Edison Papers -
http://edison.rutgers.edu/

Edison International Kids Page -
http://www.sce.com/site/index.html

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