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We are developing a traveling elementary school exhibit about energy, part of which focuses on important energy inventors. In your opinion, who are the top 10 inventors that must be included? We want to provide children and educators with both traditional/foundational and contemporary examples and happenings.
Here is our initial short list of 8 (not in any particular order), based on feedback from scientists and some other organizations.
* Thomas Edison, 1880s-improved incandescent bulbs; first power plant; widespread and reliable electric light via bulbs; power plant gave electricity to 85 customers in 1882 (enough to power 5000 bulbs)
* Nikola Tesla, 1887-AC power; allowed electricity to be easily transmitted over long distances; widespread industrial and manufacturing uses for electricity
* Benjamin Franklin, 1752-discovered positive and negative electrical charges and that lightning is a form of electricity (kit and key experiment); invented lightning rod
* Michael Faraday, 1851-electromagnetic induction (the first generator, leading to modern electric motor, generator and transformer)
* Marie Curie, 1900s-discovered pure radium, the first radioactive element; Nobel Prize in 1903
* Russell Ohl, 1950s-solar cells
* Sir William Robert Grove, 1843-first fuel cell
* Henry Ford, 1891-small gasoline engine and assembly line
Thanks in advance!
Kimberly Kuta
Content Specialist
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
203 899 0606, ext. 235
Visit us at www.steppingstonesmuseum.org<http://www.steppingstonesmuseum.org>
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