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Ancient Greece resources

Students will be taken back to 700-480 B.C. to learn about history whilst applying maths, design and technology, science, engineering, and fun!

From water mills to alarm clocks, there are a variety of achievements from ancient Greece that have impacted our modern world. Our resources are inspired by these achievements and help 4-11 year olds discover the culture and civilisation of the ancient Greeks.

These ancient Greece activities for KS1 and KS2 are mapped to the curricula with lesson plans and presentations alongside printables, to have everything you need to hand. Whether students are working with scale to produce drawings, applying Pythagoras Theorem, or measuring time using water, there will be tons of Eureka moments!

By creating an odometer to measure distances and making a water mill that produces electricity, students can apply history to the present and unleash their inner engineer.

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Ancient Greek mathematics

Understand how to draw something to scale.

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Density using Archimedes' principle

Discover the properties of different materials, measuring weights and volumes to work out their density. 

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Make a water mill that generates electricity

Understand what is meant by, and the need for, renewable energy, and use hydro energy to produce enough electricity to power an LED.

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Measure distance

Combine maths and history by making a wheel to measure distances accurately.

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Using Pythagoras Theorem

Understand the basics of Pythagoras Theorem and be able to measure if something is perpendicular to its base.

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Measure time with a water clock

Make a water clock to measure a set time period and experiment with variables.

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Using time to record

Measure the time taken to complete a task and plot results in a graph.

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Primary themed resources

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