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January 2001

The Great Idea Finder
http://www.ideafinder.com/
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12, Advanced

CONTENT:
This site provides a showcase for new ideas and inventions, profiles of inventors, invention facts and trivia, and resources for the inventor.

AESTHETICS:
The use of color adds interest to this site, which is mostly text.

ORGANIZATION:
All major pages have navigation bars at the top and bottom.

REVIEW:
Have you ever wondered who thought of that? or why didn't I think of that? This Web site is devoted to those ideas that have made our lives easier. Anyone interested in inventions and inventors will find a wealth of information here. For the budding inventor, there is information about patents, a wish list of inventions visitors to the site would like, and a resource center for additional information. History Facts & Myths is divided into five subsections: Invention Facts & Myths, Inventor Profile, Innovation Timeline, Invention Trivia Quiz, and Hey, What About. Students can take the tour and view all the inventions from "aspirin to zippers" in Invention Facts & Myths, learn about inventors from Babbage to Zeppelin in Inventor Profile, take an interactive quiz, or send in their questions to be answered in Hey, What About.

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