Inventions

History?s amazing secrets and codes?and how to crack them yourself. This fascinating look...

From Karyn Parson's critically acclaimed Sweet Blackberry video series comes the litt...

Discover the extraordinary stories behind everyday things! Did you know that the ice...

Tells the story of how Alexander Graham Bell came up with the telephone, and how his inve...

Tells the story of Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. Written in g...

Tells the story of Madam C. J. Walker, who invented a line of African American hair produ...

Tells the story of how Philo Farnsworth came up with the idea for electronic television a...

Tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the...

Tells the story of French scientist Louis Pasteur and his invention of the pasteurization...

Tells the story of how Samuel Morse developed a working telegraph in 1844 that changed th...

Tells the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright developed, tested, and successfully flew...

Tells the story of how Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr came up with the idea for a secret comm...

Tells the story of Henry Ford, along with his invention, the popular Model T automobile.

Describes how Frank Zamboni created the ice-resurfacing machine, and how it affected the ...

Describes the birth of the Z-Boys skateboarding team and how they influenced modern skate...

Can you believe that the paint used on cars inspired the invention of nail polish in the ...

Can you believe that the first tennis balls didn't bounce? Or that the world's first bask...

Did you realize that swimming suits used to weigh 22 pounds (about 10 kilograms)? Or that...

Do you know what happened when a kid forgot his glass of soda with a stir stick in it out...

Did you know that a scientist discovered X-rays by accident? Or that people have been tak...

Did you know that people with rakes used to do the work of garbage trucks? Or that porta-...

Did you know that the world's first submarine traveled the Thames River in England way ba...

Did you know that President Thomas Jefferson used a copier? Or that one of the world's fa...

Have you ever ridden a Ferris Wheel? Do you know who created it? George Ferris’s wh...

Have you ever tasted a Hershey chocolate bar? Milton Hershey’s chocolate bars are f...

Have you ever seen a John Deere tractor? John Deere’s farm equipment brand is famou...

Totally Amazing Facts About Outrageous Inventions is the perfect treat for kids with an a...

Robotics scientists invented a tiny robot that folds itself into an origami-inspired conf...

Highlights presents One Man's Plow by Jean K. Potratz. John Deere solved the Midwest's st...

Highlights presents New Windows on Our Minds by C.W. Dingman. New machines can tell us ho...

This robot was designed to clean and inspect gigantic oil tanks.

In Robots in the Field, early fluent readers learn about the roles robots play in the fie...

Artificial intelligence is all around us! It’s in our classrooms, hospitals, and ev...