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Famous Inventors Matching (Grade 6)

Free printable inventors matching worksheet for Grade 6. Students match each inventor to their famous invention.

Name
Date
History

Match the Inventor

Match each inventor on the left to their invention on the right.

  1. 1.
    Match: George Stephenson
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
  2. 2.
    Match: The Wright Brothers
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
  3. 3.
    Match: Marie Curie
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
  4. 4.
    Match: Thomas Edison
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
  5. 5.
    Match: Alexander Graham Bell
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
  6. 6.
    Match: Tim Berners-Lee
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
  7. 7.
    Match: Johannes Gutenberg
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
  8. 8.
    Match: Karl Benz
    • a) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • b) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • c) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
    • d) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • e) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • f) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • g) Invented the World Wide Web
    • h) Patented the first practical telephone
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