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- 5th - 12th
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Students, in small groups, use the Internet and other traditional sources to research historically significant mathematicians, write a paper, and creatively present research in class. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students match a fact with a mathematician or scientist using the Internet. They read about a mathematician or scientist that happens to be female or a person of color. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students research a mathematician, combine their papers to make a class book and build a model of the mathematician's concept or instrument. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students work in pairs to read anecdotal stories about mathematicians. They develop a graphic organizer for the story and from this design a PowerPoint presentation for the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students choose a mathematician or scientist born on the same day as the student and research them. They create a cube or tetrahedron and place required information on the sides (such as birth year, death yr., greatest contricution to the subject, et Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students perform a web research project on a mathematician. They find, summarize, and write a booklet about the person they are researching. The booklet is 5 pages long, and has a graphic, or picture, on each page. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students use the Internet to make an in-depth study of the biographies of three mathematicians. Students use the Internet to find out which mathematicians have the same birthday as they do. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students will be able to identify a mathematician and correctly answer higher level questions. They classify and produce characteristics and facts and creatively answer synthesis questions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research a person critical to the study of mathematics. Using traditional and internet research, they gather information about the mathematician of their choice. They use their information to create a letter written from their mathematicians point of view. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students become familiar with the history and times which influenced a featured mathematician each month. Through Internet research, they gather information about a different mathematician each month. Students solve mathematical problems using principles presented by each mathematician. Full Review »