[aisle] Books on inventions

[Michelle Harris]

I do a similar unit with students and here is the list of picture books
that I use:

   1.

   bubble gum -- Pop: the invention of Bubble Gum
   2.

   ear muffs -- Earmuffs for Everyone
   3.

   day-glo paint -- The Day-Glo Brothers
   4.

   Superman -- Boys of Steel
   5.

   TV -- The Boy Who Invented TV: Philo Farnsworth
   6.

   swim fins -- Ben Franklin’s Big Splash
   7.

   electricity (Tesla)
   8.

   printing press -- You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Books!
   9.

   Plow  -- John Deere, That’s Who
   10.

   Cars  -- Henry Ford -- The Inventor's Secret
   11.

   Subway -- Secret Subway
   12.

   super soaker water guns -- Whoosh!
   13.

   denim jeans -- Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea
   14.

   board games -- Milton Bradley bio
   15.

   Crayons -- The Crayon Man
   16.

   Radar -- Hedy Lamarr's Double Life
   17.

   Band-aids -- The Boo-Boo That Changed the World
   18.

   Slinky -- The Marvelous Thing that Came from a Spring
   19.

   Lego -- Lego Manufacturers: the Kristiansen family
   20.

   Doughnuts -- The Whole Story of the Doughnut
   21.

   computers & computer code - Grace Hopper Queen of Computer Code, Steve
   Jobs bio
   22.

   Minecraft -- Minecraft Creator Markus Persson
   23.

   ferris wheel -- Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
   24.

   airplane -- The Wright Brothers
   25.

   telephone
   26.

   Monopoly board game -- Pass Go and Collect $200
   27.

   electric guitar -- Guitar Genius
   28.

   paper bags (Margaret Knight---great story) -- Marvelous Mattie
   29.

   Rube Goldberg machines  -- Just Like Rube Goldberg
   30.

   Popsicles -- The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle
   31.

   Balloons Over Broadway -- Macy’s Parade Balloons
   32.

   ALSO -- the book "Girls Think of Everything" for 2-3 page synopsis of
   women's inventions.  And 25 Women Who Thought of It First.
   33.

   So You Want to Be an Inventor? -- variety
   34.

   The Woman Who Invented Windshield Wipers


The Music of Life -- Christofori and the Inventio of the Piano

Invention Hunters series

Magic Ramen

Engineered!  Engineering Design at Work

Fairy Floss

Have You Thanked an Inventor Today -- would make a 2nd great Mentor Text!

Secret Engineer: Brooklyn Bridge

Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call

The WRight Brothers: How they Invented the Airplane (Friedman)
Michelle Harris
Heyworth CUSD #4


On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 12:23 PM Coffman, Tricia via AISLE <
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> I have a teacher who would like to do an Technology research project on
> inventions created before 1950. She would like specific books on the
> inventions. I have a list of things she is looking for but am having a hard
> time finding books to go with. Any ideas?
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