Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Name____________________
TechnologyScavengerhunt
Readeachquestionbelow.EachquestionincludesalinktoaWebsitewhereyoucanfinditsanswer.(You
mightneedtosurfthesiteabittofindtheanswer.)Writetheanswerontheline.
1.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/bush.htmlDiscoveryOnline:DeadInventors
What"invention"didVannevarBushwriteaboutina1945essay?
_______________________________________________________________
2.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature/DiscoveryOnline
WhoinventedtheFrisbee?____________________________________________
HowdidtheFrisbeegetitsname?________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
3.
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/inventions.htm BenjaminFranklin:Glimpses
oftheMan
DidBenFranklin"invent"electricity?_____________________
Whatwerehiscontributionstothestudyofelectricity?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
4.
http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/4685/Beulah-Louise-Henry-Lady-Edison1887-1973 WomenInventors
Whichinventorwasoftencalledthe"LadyEdison"?__________________________
Forwhichinventiondidshereceiveherfirstpatent?__________________________
5.
http://www.invent.org/book/bookindex.htmlNationalInventorsHallofFame
Whoinventedthemicrophone?_________________________________________
Whatishisinvention'sconnectiontotheBellTelephoneCompany?
_________________________________________________________________
6.
http://www.mos.org/sln/LeonardoLeonardo'sHomepage
HowwasthewayinwhichLeonardodaVincilookedatmachinesdifferentfromthewaymost
artists
andcraftsmenofhistimelookedatthem?_____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
7.
http://web.mit.edu/inventTheInventionDimension
Whatarethreeoftheninequestionsyoumightaskyourselftodeterminewhetheryourinvention
isworthpatenting?______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
8.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blskyscapers.htmHistoryofSkyscrapers
Whicharchitecturalandengineeringinnovationsmostinfluencedthedevelopmentofthe
skyscraper?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
9.
http://www.tvhistory.tv/TheHistoryofInvention
Whowastheinventorofthefirsttelevision?_________________________________
Howwasthattelevisiondifferentfromtheoneinyourhome?______________________
___________________________________________________________________
10. http://www.nps.gov/edis/home.htmEdisonNationalHistoricSite
ThomasEdisonisoftencalledthe"WizardofMenloPark."Ofwhatimportancewas
MenloParktoEdison'slife?_____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________