The Scientific Contributions of Ancient Greece

The Scientific Contributions of Ancient Greee

Discovering the Scientists of Ancient Greece

You and your classmates will learn about the 5 most important Greek Scientists.

1. Archemedes

2. Euclid

3. Aristarchus

4. Hippocrates

5. Pythagoras

You will use the links to provide information on each scientist including:

1. Date of Birth

2. Date of Death

3. Where they lived

4. Their Occupation (Inventor, doctor, mathemetician, ect.)

5.  Contribution

Links

• Use these links to find the information for each person.
• Read the pages to find the biographical information (birth, death, ect.)
• Next to the link in parthensis () is the paragraph I want you look at closely.
• This will tell you what their greatest discoveries were.
• Describe each discovery in 2-3 sentences.

Archemedes 

http://www.pitara.com/discover/eureka/online.asp?story=107 (Paragraph 2 & 5)

http://www.famousscientists.org/archimedes/

Euclid

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/euclid-436.php

http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us/wmhs/Departments/Math/OBrien/euclid.html (1)

Aristarchus

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/aristarchus.htm (2)

http://www.crystalinks.com/aristarchus.html (4-6)

Hippocrates

http://www.plant-medicine.com/community/learning/greeks/hippocrates.htm (14)

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/science/medicine/diseases.htm (3)

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/science/observation.htm (6)

Pythagoras

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pythagoras.shtml

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/pythagoras.htm (3-4)