Curated OER
Science World: Archimedes of Syracuse (Ca. 287 212 Bc)
Gives details of Archimedes' accomplishments in the fields of geometry and engineering and offers a little information on his life.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Buoyant Force?
A page that answers the question of "why the heck do things float?". Learn about Archimedes' principle and buoyant forces.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How to Find Volume With Water Displacement Method
Tells the story of how Archimedes discovered the Archimedes Principle and his water displacement method for determining the volume and density of an object. Provides an explanation and several examples of how it is done.
Walter Fendt
Walter Fendt: Buoyant Force in Liquids
An app that demonstrates the Law of Archimedes. This virtual experiment will show students that by changing the shape of the solid, the amount of liquid displaced will change.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Archimedes
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Archimedes."
Curated OER
Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Archimedes (287 Bce 212 Bce)
A portrait of Archimedes from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Buoyancy
Students explore buoyancy. Some topics examined in the activities are buoyant force, stability of floating objects, and Archimedes' principle. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions....
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Hydrostatic Pressure
Students explore hydrostatic pressure. Some topics examined in the activities are Pascal?s principle, hydrostatic pressure, and Archimedes? principle. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Buoyant Force
In this Physics lab, students learn about Archimedes' Principle. An object is submerged in water and vegetable oil and the buoyant force and height are measured at different levels. The slope of the graph Buoyant Force vs. Height is the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Computing Volume Progression 4
The purpose of this fourth task in a series of four is to find the volume of an irregular 3D solid by using Archimedes' Principle. Students must calculate the volume of the displaced water in a rectangular prism tank in order to solve...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Buoyancy
Ever wonder why/how things float? This concept is called buoyancy. Take this interactive journey to learn and understand how and why certain materials float and others sink to the ocean floor.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Density in Relation to Float and Sink
Students find the densities of objects based on sinking or floating in this activity that demonstrates Archimedes Principle.
Museum of Science
Science Learning Network: Inventor's Workshop
A short piece on Leonardo da Vinci from the Science Learning Network. Placed here because a) there's a decent drawing of an Archimedes' screw, and b) there's a link to an adequate definition thereof.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Archimedes
An image of "Archimedes", created by Jusepe De Ribera in 1630 (Oil on canvas, 125 x 81 cm).
Learn AP Physics
Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Fluid Mechanics
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews fluid mechanics including hydrostatic pressure, buoyancy, Archimedes' principle, Bernoulli's equation, and fluid flow continuity. Site...
Math2
Math2.org: Expansions for Pi
A listing of some of the more famous formulas developed and used throughout the centuries for defining pi are given and explained.
Curated OER
External
This site is provided for by the Texas A&M University. Archimedes contribution to finding the exact value of pi is discussed in this biography of Archimedes.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Fluids
In this interactive module you will be introduced to a unit on fluid dynamics. Learn how an object's density relates to its mass and volume by completing various activities and interactives.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Floaters and Sinkers
This lesson introduces students to the important concept of density. The focus is on the more easily understood densities of solids, but students can also explore the densities of liquids and gases. Students devise methods to determine...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Polar Coordinates
Hotmath provides 20 practice problems relating to polar coordinates and complex numbers. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving.
Other
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology
This is a virtual exhibition of inventions from ancient Greece that have been reconstructed by Kostas Kotsanas after over two decades of study and research. Click on 'The Museum' link at the top of the page to read an explanation and to...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Archimedes's Approximation of Pi
Students explore the process used by Archimedes to approximate pi. The activity enables students' to come to their own approximations of pi when bounded by limits.
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