Charles Goodyear was a scientist who invented vulcanized rubber. Prior to perfecting the vulcanization process, rubber was messy and sticky in the summer and very hard in the winter.
eBooks:
Exploring the States: Connecticut by Emily Rose Oaches (page 27) (available through Epic!)
Encyclopedias:
Britannica School (Level 2 article)
Academic Kids (Challenge)
Fact Monster (Challenge)
Websites:
Connecticut Project Helper (page 8)
National Inventors Hall of Fame (Challenge)
The Charles Goodyear Story (Challenge)
ConnectictHistory.org
Charles Goodyear (Challenge)
Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of Rubber (Challenge)
Magazines:
Connecticut Studies Weekly: Week 22- Inventors and Inventions
Library Books:
Yankee Doodle Numbers: A Connecticut Number Book by Elissa D. Grodin (Number 50)
Ask your Library Media Specialist to help you find other books!