A Historical Look at Mathematics

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A Historical Look at Mathematics
Maria Sabetta Roger Williams University MSabetta71
1_at_hawks.rwu.edu
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Who was the Mathematician behind the Mathematics?

• Instructions
• Choose a mathematician to investigate.
• Visit these websites and research your
  mathematician.
• Create and design a Mathematician Card.
• Present your card to the class.

• Materials
• Full Mathematician Index
• Women Mathematicians Index
• Math Forum Famous Problems in the History of
  Mathematics

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Teacher Page

• Teacher Note
• While NCTM does not reference history of
  mathematics standards, it is important for
  students to understand the discovery and
  background information of certain mathematical
  concepts.

• Assessment
• Students will be graded on uniqueness, accuracy,
  and meeting all requirements on their
  Mathematician Card.
• Credits
• The Inquiry Challenge Idea is based on the
  Reusable Internet-Based Inquiry Template (RIBIT)
• History Connections in Mathematics Volume 1 2

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Mathematicians to Choose from

• Pythagoras
• Archimedes
• Napier
• Galileo
• Fermat
• Pascal
• Newton
• Sophie Germain

• Euclid
• Thales
• Ramanujan
• Euler
• Fibonacci
• Maria Agnesi
• Isaac Newton
• Gauss

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Mathematician Card
Name

• You must include
• Picture of your mathematician
• Biographical Information (name, date of birth,
  hometown, education, influences)
• Contribution to mathematics
• Relationship to classroom topics in high school

Date of Birth_____________ Hometown_____________
__ Education________________ ____________________
______ Contribution to Mathematics ______________
_____________ ___________________________ ________
___________________ Relation to High School
Math ___________________________ ________________
___________ ___________________________