People & Inventions
Discover famous people, inventions and how life has changed over time.
What your child learns
- Important inventions and their inventors
- How everyday life was different in the past
- Why some people changed the world
Example
The printing press made books much easier to share.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
Which invention lights up a dark room?
💡- 🧦 Sock
- 🥄 Spoon
- 💡 Light bulb
- 🪑 Chair
Show the answer
Answer: 💡 Light bulb
The answer is 💡 Light bulb.
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Question 2 · Level 3
Who flew a kite in a thunderstorm to study electricity?
⚡- Galileo Galilei
- Benjamin Franklin
- Albert Einstein
- Charles Darwin
Show the answer
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
The answer is Benjamin Franklin.
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Question 3 · Level 5
Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?
🌐- Steve Jobs
- Bill Gates
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Ada Lovelace
Show the answer
Answer: Tim Berners−Lee
The answer is Tim Berners-Lee.
Try it at home
Ask a grandparent what was different when they were young.
Key takeaway
Every invention solved a problem someone had.
Practise people & inventions with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.