Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 10/11/2009
Students will learn about Thomas Edison's life in the years after he had become one of the most famous men in the world. At the age of 40, with major inventions behind him, Edison faced a new technical world, which he had helped to create, and the challenge of competing with his own success. This website takes the form of a photo exhibition and chronicles the latter half of Edison's life and career.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous...
Menlo Park, New Jersey, History, technology, Edison, Thomas Alva, invention, genius, light bulb, incandescent lamp, Ford, Henry, innovator, inventor, laboratory, electricity, General Electric, Gilded age, innovation, motion picture, electric lighting, science