AI Inventor Profiles

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 to strengthen informational reading skills while learning about the people who shaped the field of artificial intelligence. Students read short biographies of influential AI pioneers-such as Alan Turing, John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Demis Hassabis-and complete missing key facts within each profile. The activity reinforces comprehension, attention to detail, and understanding of how individual contributions helped drive major technological breakthroughs in AI.

Learning Goals

• Informational Text Completion (Grades 5-7) – Students read biographies closely and fill in missing details accurately.
• Understanding Historical Figures in AI – Learners identify each inventor’s role and major contribution to AI development.
• Key Detail Identification – Students practice locating and applying important facts from informational text.
• Technology History Awareness – Learners connect individual innovators to modern AI systems and ideas.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support ELA reading skills, social studies, and technology literacy standards.
• Clear, Structured Profiles – Makes complex historical information accessible and manageable.
• Attention-to-Detail Practice – Encourages careful reading and factual accuracy.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Suitable for independent work, small groups, review lessons, or homework.
• Interdisciplinary Learning – Blends reading comprehension with history and technology understanding.

This printable worksheet helps students build a stronger understanding of AI by focusing on the people behind the technology. Learners practice completing informational text, recognizing key contributions, and explaining how early ideas shaped today’s AI tools. Ideal for classroom or homeschool use, this no-prep activity strengthens reading comprehension, historical reasoning, and foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence innovators.

This worksheet is part of our AI Timeline Major Inventions collection.