Quotes:
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/intro.htm
Quote by Thomas Edison

http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/main.htm
Scroll down for quote by Sir Isaac Newton

http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/quotes.htm
Awesome site for quotes by famous inventors and their biographies.

Sounds:
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/ilives/edisonil.html
Listen to sounds on Edison's phonograph.

Rube Goldberg:
http://www.rubegoldberg.com/html/gallery.htm
Pictures of Rube Goldberg's inventions.

http://www.yahooligans.com/content/ask_earl/20010418.html
What is a "Rube Goldberg" machine?  Click here to find out the answer.

Famous Inventors:

Thomas Edison
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/
Timeline of his life and pictures of his inventions.

Inventors
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/inventor/quotes.htm
Click on the picture to learn about the famous inventor.

Inventors
HTTP://educate.si.edu/spotlight/inventors1.html
Spotlight on famous inventors.

Batteries:

http://www.yahooligans.com/content/ask_earl/20030522.html
What are batteries made of?

http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/
Watch cartoons, take quizzes, and try experiments to learn about electricity and related topics such as thunderstorms, batteries, and other energy sources.

Electricity:

http://www.firstenergycorp.com/kids/
How it works.

http://www.firstenergycorp.com/kids/
Fun facts about electricity.

Simple Machines:

http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
Learn about pulleys, levers, wedges, screws, inclined planes, and the wheel and axle.

http://www.brainpop.com/tech/
Think toasters ever get jealous of the ovens?  Hello, is this thing on?  Go to this site and click around to learn about simple machines.

http://www.looklearnanddo.com/kids/projects/projects.html
Build your own simple device.  Click here to learn how.

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