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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Great Mathematicians Time Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A time line of famous mathematicians.
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Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Adding Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Idea Finder profiles the adding machine, invented by nineteen-year old mathematician Blaise Pascal in the year 1642.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: References for Heron of Alexandria

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains important links on which to learn more about Heron of Alexandria. Is a useful site for anyone doing research on this great mathematician.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Lazare Carnot

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers an excellent biography on Lazare Carnot, a French mathematician, engineer, military captain, and defense specialist (1753-1823.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these fields.
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Other

Seton Hall University: Johann Bernoulli (1667 1748)

For Students 9th - 10th
A great biography of Johann Bernoulli is provided at this site. An audio clip is provided, as well as a good list of primary sources.
Website
Other

Mathpages.com: History of Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the information you need about math history, from Archimedes to Fermat. A great resource for studying the foundations of today's world of mathematics.
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Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Red Escolar: El Crucigrama De Hipatia

For Students 6th - 8th
In Spanish. Hypatia of Alejandria was a great mathematician that from an early age taught and investigated almost all branches of mathematics. To remember her solve the crossword puzzle involving problems of arithmetic, geometry and...
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Portrait of Mary Somerville

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Three portraits of Mary Somerville (1780-1872 CE) are presented on this page. A great way to enhance a report on the famous mathematician.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Quotation by Apollonius

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, contains a quote of Apollonius from the Preface to Book 1 of "Conics."
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Other

Sieve of Eratosthenes

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Named after the Greek Mathematician. This classic method of finding prime numbers is also great for teaching about factors and multiples. The visnos sieve allows for multi colored squares this allows identification of any numbers prime...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Euclid

For Students 9th - 10th
Euclid, a great mathematician, wrote the first systematic textbook on geometry.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Approximate Solutions: Differential Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The base of the natural logarithm function, is called Euler's number, in honor of Leonhard Euler, a great Swiss mathematician. (Continued. See "before the activity.")
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Hypatia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn more about Hypatia when you check out this resource. This site features a picture and a brief synopsis of this famous scientist.
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Tour Egypt

Tour Egypt: The Ancient Egyptian Number System

For Students 9th - 10th
This Tour Egypt site presents an easy-to-read account of ancient Egypt mathematics. Content explores the history and development of mathematics, how it was used, what helpful documents we have found that give us insight into what the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei

For Students 9th - 10th
(1564-1642) Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was one of the great creators of experimental science.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ptolemy

For Students 9th - 10th
He was a mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer. "The name of a line Graeco-Egyptain kings, who succeeded on the division of the empire of Alexander the Great, to the portion of his dominions of which Egypt was the head."...