Cleveland Middle School

600-699 Applied Science and Technology

Computer & Internet | Inventions & Innovations | Viruses & Disease

 

Computers & Internet

Hobbes' Internet Timeline
http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/

Follow the chronology of the Internet from the 1950s to the present.

The Living Internet
http://livinginternet.com/

Learn how the Internet, WWW, chat, e-mail, discussion lists begun and read biographies of important people involved in the development of them.

Things to Know About the Internet
http://www.deblogan.com/things2.html

This page contains basic information about the Internet, e-mail and electronic searching and helpful links.

Timeline of Computer History
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/topics/computers.page

A timeline explains the evolution of the computer from 1945 to 1990.

25 Years of Microprocessor Evolution: 1971-1996
http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/microprocessors/index.page

Learn about the development of computer chips.

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Inventions & Innovations

Big Dream Small Screen
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/technology/bigdream/

This site from PBS' American Experience series presents the story of the television and the man behind it

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
http://www.greatachievements.org/

 Timelines and information about the development of many current technologies

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/online.asp

This site includes a biography of Ford and other inventors, a progressive timeline of the Ford Motor Company, a showroom of Ford cars from the late 1800s to the present and more.

The History of Invention
http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html

A time line of ancient to modern items and how they were invented.

Invention Dimension Inventor of the week
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/archive.html

Inventors and how their inventions were created.

Invention Place: National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp

Biographies of inventors. Search by inventor or invention.

Smithsonian: Inventors and Innovation
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/invent.htm

Several inventions and their inventors are found here.

The Tech Museum of Innovation
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/

Find out about computers, satellites, DNA, robotics, lasers and more.

Technology in 1900
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/tech1900/

This site from PBS' American Experience series lets you read predictions about the end of the millennium made in 1900. It includes information on cars, music, and telephones.

 Technology Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/f_timeline.html

This site from PBS' American Experience series presents a timeline from 1750 to 1990s of American inventions and innovative achievements. Click on the invention or achievement on the timeline to learn more about it.

This Day in Technology History
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tech.html

This site provides historic events and facts for today's date in history. Searchable by date.

What did they invent?
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/FactSheets/WhatDidTheyInvent.asp

A list of inventors and what they invented. From the Canterbury Public Library.

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Viruses & Diseases 

The Anatomy of an Epidemic
http://library.advanced.org/11170/

Brief definitions in the glossary, "dynamic animations show the spread of the epidemics covered on this site," test your knowledge of diseases with the interactive quiz, and choose from general information or from specific diseases and learn more about them.

Attack of the Killer Germs
http://tqd.advanced.org/3361/

For information on AIDS, viruses, and the immune system look here.

The Bad Bug Book
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

This US Food and Drug Administration site offers "basic facts regarding food borne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins."

Diseases, A to Z
http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/index.html

From the American Lung Association.

Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html

Type in a disease or look at an alphabetical list of diseases.

Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm

The National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provide information on many diseases, how to prevent them, and other resources.

Familydoctor.org
http://familydoctor.org/about.html

Health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

The Panama Puzzle
http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/Tutorials/Panama/Panama.html

Join Walter Reed, Major, US Army Medical Corps from 1900, in his quest to solve how so many men died from "Yellow Jack."                                                    

Statistical Rolodex: Fastats, A to Z
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/
        

From the Center for Disease Control, this site provides quick stats about diseases, such as number of deaths in the US related to the disease each year, have the disease or related problems.     

WebMDHealth
http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/home/default

“WebMD provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information. You can trust that our content is timely and credible.”

Women’s Health Channel
http://www.womenshealthchannel.com/

“Our goal is to empower you with accurate, trustworthy information that will help you make important health care decisions.”

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