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Inventors and Scientists is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how American inventors and scientists changed daily life, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.13.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Inventors and Scientists

D2.Eco.13.3-5

NameDate

Draw a line from each person to what they did.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Clarence Birdseye
  • George Washington Carver
  • Sally Ride
  • Cyrus McCormick
  • A.Developed quick-freezing to keep food fresh
  • B.The first American woman in space, in 1983
  • C.Built a mechanical reaper that harvested grain quickly
  • D.Taught Southern farmers to plant peanuts and sweet potatoes to restore worn-out soil
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Benjamin Banneker
  • Samuel Morse
  • The Wright brothers
  • Jonas Salk
  • A.Made the first powered airplane flight in 1903
  • B.A self-taught Black astronomer who published almanacs and helped survey Washington, D.C.
  • C.Developed the telegraph and a code of dots and dashes
  • D.Developed a vaccine against polio

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Answer key — Inventors and Scientists

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Clarence Birdseye — A (Developed quick-freezing to keep food fresh) 2. George Washington Carver — D (Taught Southern farmers to plant peanuts and sweet potatoes to restore worn-out soil) 3. Sally Ride — B (The first American woman in space, in 1983) 4. Cyrus McCormick — C (Built a mechanical reaper that harvested grain quickly)
  2. 2.1. Benjamin Banneker — B (A self-taught Black astronomer who published almanacs and helped survey Washington, D.C.) 2. Samuel Morse — C (Developed the telegraph and a code of dots and dashes) 3. The Wright brothers — A (Made the first powered airplane flight in 1903) 4. Jonas Salk — D (Developed a vaccine against polio)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.13.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.