Now that you know the order in which the discoveries were made, you need to make sure you can attribute each discovery with the correct scientist. See if you can match each discovery to the scientist who made it in the activity below.
Aristotle
Copernicus
Galileo
Newton
Volta
Dalton
Maxwell
Einstein
Schrodinger
Oppenheimer
Hawking
Greene
first to use logic, study motion
proved the Earth rotates around the Sun
proved objects fall at the same rate
showed that force was necessary to produce acceleration
created the first electric battery
created the atomic theory
united the theories of electricity and magnetism
developed the theory of relativity
made major contributions to quantum mechanics
the "father of the atomic bomb"
created the theoretical models of black holes
created string theory
Directions
To match items, click or tap an item in the left column and then click or tap its match in the right column. If you change your mind, make a different choice. Once you have matched all items, click "Check Answers" to see how you did. Click "Reset" to try again.
Check Answers
Reset
Great job!
