Product Description: It is hard to imagine a world without computers. The people found in this book are largely responsible for creating the high-tech world in which we live today. These computer geniuses include early programmers like Grace Hopper and Herman Hollerith, computer chip inventors like Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, and business people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates...read more

Product Description: Every moment has the potential to be a "learning moment." Use these quick, imaginative, curriculum-based activities with 4th-6th grade students to get them thinking while having fun at the same time! (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Transform "lost" time into "found" learning with brief, lively activities, games, and puzzles for 4th-6th graders! Choices for all major curriculum areas and building thinking and problem-solving skills. Usable by librarians, classroom teachers, and subject specialists (with librarian-friendly activities highlighted)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Profiles some of the people who have made contributions to the computer industry including Herman Hollerith, Johnny von Neumann, Grace Hopper, John W. Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert, jr., and An Wang