Tag: Inventor’s Day
Inventor’s Day: Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Intventors-Day-Benjamin-Franklins-Almanac-Book-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/10/2004 Inventor’s Day: Benjamin Franklin’s Almanac Transcript Ben Franklin was an American original — a self-taught popular writer, a political and social philosopher, a skilled politician and statesman, an entrepreneur, and, of course, an inventor. It’s Inventor’s Day tomorrow, and there are few other […]
The Engine of Invention
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Engine-of-Invention.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/11/2003 The Engine of Invention Transcript We Americans pride ourselves on being a nation of tinkerers, folks who always seemed to be out in the barn inventing things — like the telephone, airplanes, or the computer. To spark this inventive spirit in young people, […]
The Egg Game
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Egg-Game.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 2/11/2003 The Egg Game Transcript We had a visit a few weeks ago from the Egg Man — no, not a poultryman or the character from the Beetles’ song, “I Am the Walrus,” but Erich Jonas, who’s invented something that he calls the Egg […]
Thomas A. Edison, Boy Inventor
It's Inventor's Day, in honor of the birthday of Thomas Edison. Here's Rita Smith with a Found Again essay.
Inventions
It's National Inventors' Month, and this has Shelley Fraser Mickle inspired and inventing.
Inventor’s Day Pop-Up
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Inventors-Day-Pop-Up.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/12/2001 Inventor’s Day Pop-Up Transcript It’s Thomas A. Edison’s birthday today, and it’s also Inventor’s Day — the perfect time for a terrific new book, Robert Crowther’s Amazing Pop-Up House of Inventions. Each of the five modern rooms in the book is filled with […]