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- 7th - 8th
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Students use an encyclopedia to locate facts about the history and development of mathematics. They work together to identify main and subordinate ideas about the history of mathematics in an encyclopedia. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore a webquest to research the discovery of calculus. They present a court case of the situation between Newton and Leibniz and write a research paper that is submitted using e-mail. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students, in groups, search for and locate resources on a chosen famous mathematician. Enough information needs to be gathered to examine the mathematician's life and his/her contributions to the field of mathematics. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore women who have played important roles in the history of math. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students research six different mathematicians using Internet resources. They examine the contributions of different cultures, women, and one that made a significant to geometry. They present their research to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students research history of popular toys to learn when those toys were first introduced. They use measurement skills to create an accurate timeline. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the history of mathematics. Using the internet, students perform a scavenger hunt about a mathematician. They create a PowerPoint presentation about a mathematician and a mathematical concept. Students present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research a mathematician or math topic of interest to them and create a poster displaying their research. Students also use Inspiration software to help develop their essay. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students pick a topic or person to research related to the history of mathematics. They brainstorm and create a concept map, using the multimedia software inspiration, about what they are researching and want to examine. They then brainstorm a list of keywords that would be good to use for an Internet search to locate useful sites. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in investigating why the term "magical" is representative of mathematics in general. As the one common language of the world math is magical. To assist students in understanding this magic and to bring multicultural awareness and appreciation to this lesson students research the history of mathematics. Full Review »