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How Homeschooling Paved the Way for Thomas Edison’s Success

In 2020-21, there were about 3.7 million homeschool students in grades K-12 in the United States. This number has been growing consistently over the last few years, but it grew drastically when the pandemic hit in 2019. Some benefits to this flourishing form of education are the personalization of curriculum, flexible schedules and the ability to learn […]

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Who was Thomas Edison’s Inventor Son, Theodore Edison?

Theodore Edison was born at Glenmont, New Jersey home of the Edison family, on July 10, 1898, the son of Thomas Edison. He was named after Mina Edison, beloved brother, who had just died in the Spanish-American War. He also was the last living child of Thomas Edison before Thomas’ death at 93 years old. […]

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10 Thomas Edison Quotes on Education to Start Your School Year

A new school year is an exciting time for students and teachers alike. What new things will I learn this year? What new challenges will I face? How can this year be better than the ones before? The possibilities are endless! Thomas Edison and Education Thomas Edison’s own experience with education affected many of his […]

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Thomas Edison Would Have Admired Tesla’s Lithium-Ion Batteries

In the early 1900’s Thomas Edison was making and selling his Nickel-Iron storage battery for cars and other devices. Today, Elon Musk makes Lithium-ion batteries to power his Tesla Model S car. The diagram below shows how over 7,100 relatively small Lithium-ion batteries are connected to power a Telsa. Notice the size of the batteries are […]

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10 Fun Facts About Thomas Edison’s Incandescent Light Bulb

On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received the historic patent for the light bulb that paved the way for the universal use of electric light. He once said, “Electric lights have helped to keep the world awake, both physically and mentally.” Although he is most well known for this invention of the first practical incandescent […]

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6 Ways Thomas Edison Made Inventions That Changed the World

Thomas Edison dedicated his entire life to inventing new products. He realized very early on in his journey that the inventions that would change the world were the ones that were the most useful, the ones that filled a need in society, the ones that helped humanity prosper. To make sure his inventions could live […]

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Thomas Edison Pitch Contest 2022 Winners Announced

On May 18th, the Edison Innovation Foundation gave STEM awards to student teams from across the country in the annual Thomas Edison Pitch Contest…for the 12th year in a row! The finalists were chosen from 300 teams representing 817 students from 84 schools in 27 states. The student teams from elementary, middle school and high […]

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What Makes Both Edison and Musk Unique Inventors

Elon Musk hasn’t made his affinity for Thomas Edison a secret over the years. In one interview, he said what he admired most about Edison was that he “brought his stuff to market and made those inventions accessible to the world.” Musk has done he best to do the same – Turn big, raw ideas […]

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Thomas Edison STEM Pitch Contest sees 50% Increase in Student Registrations for 2022

The Thomas Edison Pitch Contest 2022, a national STEM-based invention contest, continues to flourish in its 12th year of competition by gathering almost 100 more student teams than last year. The contest will involve 84 schools across 27 states, with a jump in total students involved from 540 to 817. In fact, the number of […]

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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Charles Edison

Many folks can appreciate that Charles Edison was the son of Thomas Edison, and probably did something great, but may not be able to elaborate just what it was he did. Part of the reason for this is Charles never did go trumpeting his success and gaining publicity for his advantage. He simply was not […]

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