ARCHIMEDES

WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

• He created pi (1)
• Created a ball like sphere & a cylinder (1)
• He created a force that drove back armies(1)
• He was a matmation (2)
• He invented calculus which helps in math (2)

WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

• He created a screw that created water flow(3)
• He created the catapult that drove back the Romans (1)
• Created a death ray that would set a ship on fire (1)

WHAT IS THEIR BACKGROUND?

• He was born in the Hellenistic era (1)
• He was from Syracuse (1)
• He lived for 75 years (2)
• He was and inventor for the king of Syracuse (1)

WHAT IS THEIR BACKGROUND ?
He used dust, ashes, oil, or any other substance to draw on. (2) He was a great mathmation, scientist, and inventor. (3)

HOW DO THEY IMPACT US TODAY?

• Establish / created the lever and pulley (1)
• Established the science of physics (1)
• He figured out pi (1)
• He impacted a way to measure volume (2)
• Invented the catapult to protect Syracuse (2)

HOW DO THEY IMPACT UA TODAY?

• Created cylindercal shapes (2)
• Invented a screw that would bring water (3)
• Also, discovered ball like sphere shapes (3)

WHAT DID HE INVENT ?

• He designed and built the catapult (1)
• That launched spears, arows, and rocks (1)
• He had solders use their shields to set a boat on fire (2)
• He invented a claw that would swing ships and sink them (2)

WHAT DID HE INVENT?

• A screw that would bring up water (3)
• Created calculus (3)
• Discovered volume and buoyancy (3)

Sites
1. Spielvogel, Jackson
World History: Journey
Across Time. Student Edition. New York, NY: McGraw Glencoe, 2005. 185-186

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2.
Unknown, . "Archimedes ." Ancient Greece . University Press Inc., 2012. Web. 13 Jan 2014. .

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3.
CloudBiography , , dir. Archimedes Biography. YouTube, Film. 13 Jan 2014. .