Ancient Greek Ideas: Science

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Cross-curricular History and Science in the Literacy Hour

Imagining what Greek science and a Greek science lesson at KS2 would be like

With the children raising questions and examining Ancient Greek ideas about our origins, this lesson has the potential to range widely and be truly cross-curricular

Here are the previous lessons on Archimedes' solving of problems:
• Was the King's crown made of pure gold?
• How could Archimedes help defend Syracuse against an overwhelming Roman naval force?

by Jon Nichol

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Jacqui Dean says: The year 2/3 topic was 'Flight' - mainly history and science. I was preparing to tell the children the Icarus myth as the intro, but I wanted them first to think about how to design a flying contraption without using modern materials such as plastic, or using engines. Here is one of my favourites.