Archimedes was a scientist we studied in fifth grade for no other reason than to introduce my students to the wonderful world of pi. What does he have to do with pi? You haven’t heard the story? Well, sit back and let me tell you. He is one of my all-time favorite historical characters!
Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, scientist, engineer, and inventor from the town of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. You may know Sicily as a part of the country Italy, but that was not always so. Long ago, this island belonged to Greece, and it was at that time that Archimedes lived there.
