A range of different activities exploring the life and work of Eratosthenes. Eratosthenes was a mathematician and physicist in the ancient Greek times. He was able to calculate the circumference of the Earth and the tilt of the Earth’s axis with excellent accurancy.
The perfect scientist for studying ancient Greece, circumference, earth and space or significant scientists.
Can be used at upper KS2 or lower KS3 level.
Included:
3 page written overview of his life and achievements.
Reading comprehension questions and answers
Fill the gap activity
Factfile worksheet
Planning sheet for report writing
Role play
Wordsearch
colouring in page/ title page
Part of the ‘This is the life of…’ series. Other resources include:
William Beaumont & Alexis St Martin,
Charles Drew
Hasan Ibn al-Haytham
Zhang Heng
Hedy Lamarr
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