Information :

• The 50 Best Inventions of 2010
  "Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes!
  Here are the year's biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts"
  (time.com)

  

• Science museum's top 10 objects
  "The Science Museum in London has chosen a top 10 list of its most significant objects, as part of events marking its centenary...
  The museum's chief curator, Tim Boon, wants the top 10 to spark debate about the value of inventions and discoveries."
  (BBC)
  
  
  Steam engine

  V2 rocket engine

  Electric telegraph

  Stephenson's Rocket

  X-ray machine

  Model T Ford

  Penicillin

  Pilot ACE Computer

  DNA double helix
  Apollo 10 capsule

• African-American Inventors - A Sampling of African-American Inventors and Their Inventions
  (Enchanted Learning)

• The Top Ten African-American Inventors
  Read brief summaries of the inventions of ten significant African American inventors.
  (scholastic.com)

  

• Rube Goldberg's Inventions
  (rube-goldberg.com)

  

• Land, Air & Sea - Museum of Creative Invention
  Flying cars, Amphibious aeroplanes, Amphibious cars, Hovercraft, Submarines and ATV's'
  (landairandsea.com)

  

• Facts and myths, from aspirin to zippers (ideafinder)
  - with the Invention Trivia Quiz
  
  

• Inventors and Inventions (Enchanted Learning)

• INVENTIONS, ROBOTS and TECHNOLOGY - resources, exercises (absolutenglish-972)

• British PIONEERS AND INVENTORS (traditions-uk)

• Some technological inventions and enterprises from 1780 to 1980 (with a lesson plan)
  - Courts paragraphes - Utilisation du passif (teachingtreasures.com.au)
  
  

• Totally Absurd Inventions (totallyabsurd) :
  Alarm Fork - Baby Cage - Ski Brake - Thumb Sucking Inhibitor - Lip Clip..
  
  

• Timelag between some Chinese inventions and their adoption in the West - interactive (hyperhistory.com)

  

Listening :

• Cool inventions
  (voicethread.com)

  

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Inventions and Inventors (adrmoser)
  "Fill in the blanks."

• Facts and myths, from aspirin to zippers (ideafinder)
  - with the Invention Trivia Quiz
  
  
• INVENTIONS, ROBOTS and TECHNOLOGY - resources, exercises (absolutenglish-972)

Lesson plans :

• Myths and legends.
  "Have a look at the article, stories, word game, cartoons, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

  

• Some technological inventions and enterprises from 1780 to 1980 (with a lesson plan)
  - Courts paragraphes - Utilisation du passif (teachingtreasures.com.au)
  
  

Stories / Myths :

• THE MYTHS - Choose a region... Read and listen to stories + culture + exercises
  (mythicjourneys.org)

  

• See Stories for Kids

Brainpop Movies :

• BRAINPOP MOVIES (with SOUND and QUIZZES) :
  English - Health - Math - Science- Technology - Social Studies