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It is not difficult to imagine how mankind first conceived the idea of making use of floating structures to enable him to traverse stretches of water. The trunk of a tree floating down a river may have given him his first notions. He would not be long in discovering that the tree could support more [...]
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There are many thrilling incidents—all the more attractive because of their truth—in the study, the trials, the disappointments, the obstacles overcome, and the final triumph of the successful inventor.
Every great invention, afterward marvelled at, was first derided. Each great inventor, after solving problems in mechanics or chemistry, had to face the jeers of the [...]
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Written at about a 2nd grade level, this book tells the story of 5 great inventors:
Robert Fulton Eli Whitney Samuel Morse Peter Cooper Thomas Edison
From the Young Folk’s Library of Choice Literature series.
Download Stories of Great Inventors [...]
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My kids love the book Mike Mulligan. Construction vehicles are big and fun to watch, even for older kids.
I created these notebooking packs using public domain photos of construction vehicles. They could be used in a unit study about construction, for a book like Mike Mulligan, [...]
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I stumbled upon this website when I was looking for clip-art to put in my Civil War notebooking printable pack.
Karen Whimsy has already shared a plethora of wonderful images over at her main site. Now, she has created U.S. History Images as another [...]
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Most of the books that I share on Homeschool Commons are linked to sites like gutenberg.org and archive.org.
The reasons for this are:
It saves my server from crashing. If I uploaded each book to the site it would overload my server and downloads would [...]
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Electricity, like every science, presents two phases to the student, one belonging to a theoretical knowledge, and the other which pertains to the practical application of that knowledge. The boy is directly interested in the practical use which he can make of this wonderful phenomenon in nature.
With sections on such riveting topics [...]
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Looking for clip-art for a specific project that you can use privately or commercially?
Open Clipart states:
This project aims to create an archive of clip art that can be used for free for any use.
Almost all of the clipart on Open Clipart is user created. All of it is licensed under a [...]
Continue Reading →Take a field trip to the bread bakery without leaving the house!
This 50+ page book is filled with illustrations.
The story explains how bread is made and distributed. Written in the 1950′s, it may not be completely accurate as to the practices used today, but it could start a great [...]
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This site, along with its sister sites, are packed with loads of public domain clip art that you can use for any project you like!
A Clipart History has clipart depicting ancient civilizations all the way up to modern times. You can search any term or browse by categories.
Visit the other sites [...]
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