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GRADE 3                                                                                                Start Up G.K


                           The telephone                          Wilbur and Orville
 16  Inventions and discoveries – Timeline  was invented by       Wright invented


                           Alexander Graham                       the first airplane.
 A timeline shows a picture of events as they happened in a certain   Bell.

 period of time. See this interesting timeline of inventions.  1876               1903


 Abacus the first   First telescope was   The present

 known calculator was   invented by Hans   form of sewing   1862  1879                                     1908
 invented. It is said   Lippershey. It was   machine was   Thomas Alva Edison         Henry Ford invented
 to be invented by   used to view the   invented by Elias Howe.   Louis Pasteur believed    invented the light   the Model T car-the first

 the Chinese.  skies.  It is used for stitching   that germs cause    bulb which could   affordable car used
 2400 BC  1608  clothes.  1846  diseases. He invented                                 by people.

        the process of ‘pasteurization’              glow for over
 1593  1769  of milk.                                1500 hours.

 First form of   The steam engine
 thermometer was   was invented by

 invented by Galileo   Thomas Savery but   Read the clues and search answers in the word grid.
 Galilee.  later improved by   1.   What was invented by Hans Lippershey to view the stars in
 James Watt. It then   the sky?
 became usable.  2.   Which calculating device was invented by the Chinese in 2400 BC?

            3.   Name the first affordable car introduced by Henry Ford and used
 The sound of Mr. Bell !  4.   Who improved the steam engine in 1769?
                 by the people.




 Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for his   5.   The    machine invented by Elias Howe is used for

 invention of the telephone. He was interested   stitching clothes.  I  J  U  A   B   A   C   U   S   B   G
 in the study of sound because his mother and   6.   What was invented by the Wright   M  A  M  B  I  Y  E  S  U  U  E
 wife both were deaf. He experimented to send   Brothers in 1903 which made   O  M  E  I  M  O  D  E  L  T  R

 voice signals down a telegraph wire. He had a   travelling easy and quick?  C  E  R  N  E  T  I  B  T  E  M
 famous assistant Thomas Watson and together   7.   According to Louis Pasteur    A  S  A  S  A  H  L  E  R  L  S
 they were able to come up with the telephone.   what was the main cause of   S  W  S  T  S  E  O  A  Y  E  E

 The first words spoken over the telephone were   diseases?      T   A    I   R   P   L   A   N   E   S   P
 by Alexander Graham Bell on March 10, 1876. They were, “Mr.Watson, come   8.   Which word did Alexander   L  T  E  E  O  L  P  S  S  C  I

 here, I want to see you.”  Graham Bell introduce for            E   T   O   O    E   O   E   I   T   O   A

 Later, Graham Bell introduced the use of the word ‘hello’ when answering   answering phone calls?  O  A  Y  J  R  T  A  A  A  P  O
 phone calls.                                                    S   E   W    I   N   G   R   M   T   E    S


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