GreatScientists教学设计.ppt

Quiz 1 Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? Archimedes Ancient Greek (287-212BC) He was a mathematician. He found that if you put an object into water, the water pushes the object up. It rises and partly floats. The force of the water pushing it up is the same as the weight of the object. buoyancy Quiz 2 Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Charles Darwin Britain (1808-1882) The Origin of Species Quiz 3 Who invented the first steam engine? Thomas Newcomen British (1663-1729) Quiz 4 W