From water mills to alarm clocks, there are a variety of achievements from ancient Greece that have impacted our modern world. These ancient Greece activities can be mapped to the curricula. 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.

The Ancient Greeks influenced the modern world in many ways and made important contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

The ancient Greeks were very interested in mathematics and how it could be utilised to explain the world around them. They made countless mathematical advancements that have helped shape modern mathematics.

One of the first known Greek mathematicians was Thales. Thales placed particular emphasis on the study of geometry and discovered many theories about circles, lines, angles and triangles. Pythagoras, also, studied geometry. He was responsible for discovering the Pythagoras theorem which is still widely used today to find the sides of a right triangle.