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Inventors
This section contains resources and activities related to inventors and their inventions.
Eli Whitney Biography
Description: This is a full biography of cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney.
Galileo Biography
Description: This is a complete biography on Galileo
Galileo Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 446 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Galileo Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 446 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Galileo Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Galileo Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 130 Words; LEXILE: 710
The Invention of Gummy Bears Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity includes a reading passage and four multiple choice questions.
Thomas Edison Biography
Description: This is a full biography of Thomas Edison.
Bill Gates Biography
Description: This is a biography of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
Alexander Graham Bell Biography
Description: This is a full biography on the inventor of the telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
The Franklin Shield
Description: This fun social studies activity requires students to create a Franklin family shield based on the many accomplishments of Benjamin.
Elias Howe Biography
Description: This is a full biography on Elias Howe - inventor of the sewing machine.
Cyrus McCormick Biography
Description: This is a full biography on Cyrus McCormick - inventor of the reaper.
Steve Jobs Biography
Description: This is a full biography on Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.
Alexander Graham Bell Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Alexander Graham Bell in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Alexander Graham Bell, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Thomas Edison Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Thomas Edison in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Thomas Edison, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Elon Musk Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF.
Elon Musk Biography
Description: This is a full biography on Elon Musk.
Elon Musk - Life in a Comic Strip
Description: This is a companion activity to our Elon Musk biography. This activity requires students to make a comic strip on the life of Elon Musk
Elon Musk - Inventor's Log
Description: This is a companion activity to our Elon Musk biography. This fun activity requires students to think up inventions and "pitch" them to Elon Musk. The activity can be completed in groups or individually.
Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Thomas Edison Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Alexander Graham Bell Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Alexander Graham Bell Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 336 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010
Alexander Graham Bell Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 336 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010
Invention of the Television Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 416 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Bill Gates Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a detailed passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 545 Words; LEXILE = 1010
Bill Gates Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 545 Words; LEXILE = 1010
Steve Jobs Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 592 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Steve Jobs Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 592 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Thomas Edison Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a biographical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Benjamin Franklin Biography
Description: This is a full biography on Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Benjamin Franklin Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 177 Words; LEXILE = 810
Benjamin Franklin Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Benjamin Franklin Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity
Description: This is an historical account of Franklin's famous kite experiment.

