electric lighting

By exploring archival films, photographs and actual drawings and materials, students will learn of Thomas Edison and his inventions of electric lighting, phonograph, and movie camera, but also establishing the first true research lab, an invention factory!.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describe the life, success, and inventions of Thomas Edison including the phonograph and the light bulb.

Describes experiments that led to the invention of electric light and discusses electric current, the parts of a light bulb, light bulb improvements, and the impact of the invention on people's lives.

Presents a comprehensive history of electricity, and describes early scientific work and discoveries, lightning rods and the incandescent lightbulb, and much more.

Describes the life and achievements of Thomas Edison, who is credited with inventing the phonograph in 1877 and the light bulb in 1879. Includes time line and resources.

Examines the electric bulb, an invention at first ridiculed, distrusted, and feared, which ultimately led to new uses of electricity and transformed society.

Discuses how Edison's invention of the incandescent light bulb and the technological revolution influenced technological innovation and invention.

Contains photographs and text that explore the invention of the lightbulb, looking at the world before the invention, discussing the life of inventor Thomas Alva Edison and how he came upon the discovery; and considering how the world was changed by the introduction of an inexpensive source of artifical light.