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Eratosthenes: Geographer and Mathematician WorksheetEratosthenes: Geographer and Mathematician Worksheet
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4th - 5th
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2012
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Eratosthenes: Geographer and Mathematician

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Mathematicians can be famous, too! Introduce your class to Eratosthenes with a reading passage. After they complete the passage, learners respond to five questions, some of which require opinions and others reading comprehension skills.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

eratosthenes, sieve of eratosthenes, ancient greece, famous mathematicians, prime numbers, composite numbers, latitude and longitude

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Add this into a unit about ancient Grecians or use it during a math lesson
  • Give the page to learners for homework, or use it as a warm-up exercise

Classroom Considerations

  • This is part of a series of resources with a cross-curricular focus

Pros

  • An answer key is included
  • This cross-curricular unit combines social studies and math concepts with reading skills practice

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.4.1 RI.5.1

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