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Lesson Eureka!
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Eureka!

Science and Technology

Warm Up

• Imagine that you are a scientist and you suddenly discover something. What would
your first words be?

• Have you heard the phrase ‘Eureka! Eureka!’? Do you know what it means and who
said it?

Let us read a story about the man who said ‘Eureka! Eureka!’ when he discovered
something important.

I Read

Archimedes was a Greek scientist in
the king’s court. He lived in Syracuse ? What did the king
nearly 2000 years ago. The king of ask the goldsmith
the land wanted to wear a golden to make?
crown. He gave some gold to a
goldsmith to make a suitable crown.

After a few days, the goldsmith brought the finished crown to the
scientist king. The crown was weighed. The weight of the crown was equal

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