PYTHAGORAS

 

For my history club presentation this month I was Pythagoras and I talked about  my life, my discoveries,  the schools I opened, my influence on maths and music, etc. I talked about my theorem (a2+b2=c2) and I gave a demonstration by using cut out squares. I made a lyre to explain how octaves are created by halving strings.

I explained the Pythagorean Theorem with paper squares.

And this is how you can prove it.

I made the lyre from boxes, styrofoam and paper mache.

 I painted it and added strings.

This is the finished result. It looks good hey.

 

GREEK PHILOSOPHERS AND PYTHAGORAS

 We're doing a bit more on Ancient Greece because there's so much to learn about it. This week I've been learning a little bit about Greek philosophers and especially Pythagoras because he influenced maths and music so much.

I read about Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and to help me remember what they did and how they thought, me and my mum made up a game called Agora (which is the Greek marketplace) which is really cool and fun to play. We also made some clay coins that you have to earn by answering the questions correctly when you land on the philosopher's podium. When you have enough coins you can buy things in the stalls at the agora and the first person to buy everything on their list in the winner. I usually win because I have a better memory than my mum!

 It's always the other person who has to read out the question.

 The coins have the image of an owl on them because they're from Athens and Athena was the goddess of wisdom.

 This is one of the questions.

Then I made a lapbook to put pictures and things I'd learned in it. 

 I also learned Pythagoras' Theorem which is pretty easy, especially with a calculator!

SPARTAN ARMY

 

For our fifth History Club presentations I was a soldier in the Spartan Army. Life was pretty tough for boys then because they had to go to train and be soldiers from 7 years old and stayed in the army till they were 60.

These are the weapons I made for my presentation.

This is a sword that I made. I got the

ideas from a man that looks like he's a fan 

of the Spartans and he did very good job. 

HERE you can see his videos.

This is the result.

This is a helmet from the same man.

 

Doesn't it look good?

This is a shield that I made from a rubbish bin lid.

 Isn't it awesome!!!! 

 

They are attacking us!!!!!!!!!

 

CRETE AND THE MINOANS

For my fourth History Club presentation I wanted to talk about the Minoans and the great eruption on the island of Thera (now known as Santorini) in 1645 BC.

I made a map of some of Greece, especially of the islands and Crete to show how the sea was a very important part of their culture. I talked about their ship building and the trade between islands and then about the volcano that ended up destroying their civilization over the next 50 years.

 It was a lot of fun making the islands out of modelling clay.

I drew the islands in pencil first from an atlas I have, then pushed up the middles to make the mountains. 

 Then I painted them with a dry sponge and then I put some "grass" on the tops of the mountains.

 This was the volcano with soda I made that we exploded with vinegar at the History Club.