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.
Willis Carrier
Neil Armstrong
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
A.Invented the cotton gin, which made cotton profitable and spread slavery
B.Patented the telephone in 1876
C.The first person to walk on the Moon, in 1969
D.Invented modern air conditioning
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
The Wright brothers
John James Audubon
Samuel Morse
Jonas Salk
A.Painted and described the birds of America
B.Developed a vaccine against polio
C.Made the first powered airplane flight in 1903
D.Developed the telegraph and a code of dots and dashes
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Answer key — Inventors and Scientists
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Willis Carrier — D (Invented modern air conditioning) 2. Neil Armstrong — C (The first person to walk on the Moon, in 1969) 3. Alexander Graham Bell — B (Patented the telephone in 1876) 4. Eli Whitney — A (Invented the cotton gin, which made cotton profitable and spread slavery)
2.1. The Wright brothers — C (Made the first powered airplane flight in 1903) 2. John James Audubon — A (Painted and described the birds of America) 3. Samuel Morse — D (Developed the telegraph and a code of dots and dashes) 4. Jonas Salk — B (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.