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When You Enter This Classroom... Door Decoration
Welcome your math or other class with a visually pleasing poster. The message, written with a variety of lovely fonts, is split up over four pages. While one page starts with mathematicians, that particular page could easily be removed...
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Many Colored Maps
In this map worksheet, 6th graders identify and complete 10 different problems that include various dimensional maps. First, they complete the table on the right by coloring the maps found on the bottom. Then, students determine the...
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Historical Mathematicians Project
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.
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Mathematicians Research Projects
Students research a famous mathematician and create a presentation of their research. In this famous mathematician research instructional activity, students decide on a famous mathematician that they would like to learn more about. They...
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Who Am I?
High schoolers explore study different mathematicians. In this mathematician lesson, students research twelve mathematicians. High schoolers question one another to guess who their mathematician is. Students create a timeline of big...
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Happy Birthday Mathematicians and Me
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 contribution to...
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Sharing Your Birthday
Students use the Internet to locate a famous mathematician who happens to share his or her own birthday. Using an imbedded worksheet, they then answer a series of questions about the mathematician and then write a short summary.
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Mathematicians
Students explore famous mathematicians. In this mathematician lesson, students investigate for a mathematician who share their birthday and research their accomplishments in math.
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Mathematicians
In this math learning exercise, students read about a famous mathematician from a given website. Students write a one-paragraph biography about one of the mathematicians.
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Mathematicians of the Month
Seventh graders 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...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
Agnes Scott College
Agnus Scott College: Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Use this site to learn about the women behind the math. Lawrence Riddle, professor of mathematics at Agnes Scott College, created this site as a tribute to women who have made accomplishments in the world of mathematics.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics With a Human Face
Here you can download posters with profiles of mathematicians in a wide variety of careers.
Texas A&M University
Texas a & M University: Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans
A biography of Pythagoras, his school, his teachings, and the history of his approach to mathematics. Includes many formulas connected to Pythagoras.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Internet News
Dating back to 1996, you can catch up on the news in mathematics. This internet resource is weekly updated to keep you informed.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: New in Math World
Almost everyday, Wolfram updates this site with mathematical news and activities.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Pierre De Fermat (1601 1665)
The events of the life of Pierre de Fermat are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College: Pierre Simon Laplace (1749 1827)
The events of the life of Pierre Laplace are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
University of Virginia
Sir Isaac Newton Projectiles and Planets
A short account of Newton's life is provided (from birth to death) as is a somewhat detailed look at Newton's studies of gravity.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Female Mathematicians
This University of St. Andrews presents this list of female mathematicians with a description of their contributions to the field.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Georg Joachim Von Lauchen Rheticus
A biography of the mathematician Georg Joachim von Lauchen Rheticus. Includes numerous quotations.
Education Development Center
Making Mathematics: Mentored Research Projects
After pairing professional mathematicians with groups of students, wonderful activities emerged. There are projects on this site, and use them in your own classroom.
Agnes Scott College
Alphabetical Index of Women Mathematicians
Read the biographies of dozens of women mathematicians who were important in the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Archimedes and the Computation of Pi
Contains information about the life and works of Archimedes. Includes a Pi applet. Has links to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, A listing of Pi to 10,000 digits, a biography of Archimedes, notes on Pi, and sources on Archimedes' screw.