Famous Inventions

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Elementary · Grades K–5 · ages 5–10

Eight questions on well-known inventions and discoveries and the people behind them, from the telephone and the printing press to the World Wide Web, penicillin, the steam engine and the Wright Brothers.

What you'll practice

  • Matching inventors to inventions
  • Where and when key inventions appeared
  • Medical and communication breakthroughs
  • The Industrial Revolution's steam engine
  • Who developed a famous theory of gravity

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  1. 1

    Who is credited with inventing the telephone?

  2. 2

    In which country was the printing press invented?

  3. 3

    Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?

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