The Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian - for the Study of Invention & Innovation
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| Audience/Grade: | 6-Graduate |
| Discipline(s): |
Design Engineering Management Entrepreneurship and Innovation General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
Engineering Photo Competition History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - General |
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The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation |
| Description: | Website with traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center. The site is organized around Centerpieces, Events, Curricular Resources, Video & Audit, Search and Invention at Play. The tagline is" Behind every invention there's a story . . . "The Lemelson Center’s mission: • To document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation • To encourage inventive creativity in young people • To foster an appreciation for the central role invention and innovation play in the history of the United States Through public events, programs for students, publications, research opportunities, exhibitions, and this Web site, the Center: • Records the past, by preserving and increasing access to records and artifacts • Broadens our understanding of history, through research, discussion, and dissemination of ideas • Looks towards the future, by engaging young people in the study and exploration of invention and innovation." |
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| Keywords: | entrepreneurship invention innovation |
| Has Components: |
Innovative Lives Invention of the Diaper - A Mother’s Invention Is Necessity Youthful Inventors - Sally Fox - Inventor of Naturally Colored Cotton |
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The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation was founded in 1995 at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History through a generous gift from the Lemelson Foundation. |
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Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
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| Publication Date: | February 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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