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- Grade Range
- 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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- 3rd
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Students demonstrate their mathematical knowledge of symmetry and reflection using congruent geometric shapes while working as an artist and mathematician looking at a medieval-styled stained glass window. 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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- 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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- 6th
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Students, in pairs, pick a mathematician to study. They research this person and take notes on notecards about his/her life. Using their notes they assemble a slideshow to present tot he rest of the class. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students use a variety of resources to research the Middle Ages and Renaissance over a nine-week period. Working in cooperative teams, they become experts on specific topics. Students hold a Renaissance Faire and role-play as characters from that time period. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students access the Internet to locate data regarding their assigned mathematician. They organize their notes on a data form, write a report, create a visual and present their facts to their classmates. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students assess how algebra, telescopes, space exploration and optics are so important in astronomy. They encounter studies on the Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Deep Field and how algebra helps to determine the effects of contamination on Hubble's optics. Students are introduced to the development of the Next Generation Space Telescope. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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