Visit the site called "The Great Idea Finder" at www.ideafinder.com.

This site bills itself as the place to explore the exciting world of innovation. Please allow yourself enough time to check out the various areas of the site such as "Idea Showcase" and "Resource Center". Take your time as many areas are both humorous and thought provoking.
     Click on "History Fact and Myth". Within this section is an area called "Invention Facts and Myths" that you may find interesting. It even includes an invention trivia quiz. If you want to put inventions into historical perspective you can use the innovation timeline.
     Next go to "Inventor Profile". Here you will learn about various inventors who created products ranging from chewing gum to silly putty to potato chips.
     Please click on "Frederick Taylor" for a more detailed discussion than your text provides. Check out all the links. In particular, the link to a discussion in Encarta is a useful one.
     Are you surprised to see a Frederick Taylor University? Where is it located?
     When you click on Taylor's famous book "The Principles Of Scientific Management" what are some currently popular books that Amazon says are closely related?
     What words of wisdom is Taylor know for? Was he ahead of his time?

Use the text box below to answer the questions and email the results to yourself or your instructor.