Mathematicians Research Projects



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You must include all of the information from the “Let Me Introduce You” form. Each person must then complete a power point presentation on their mathematician. Use pictures, words, maps, and symbols to create a PowerPoint presentation about the mathematician.  Use this to give an oral presentation to the class.

Day One- Choose Mathematician and Begin Research

Day Two- Create PowerPoint Presentation

Day Three – Present Powerpoint

Assessment Rubric:

_____ 10 pts.  Complete the “Let Me Introduce You” form

_____ 10 pts.  Final presentation includes all research

_____ 10 pts.  Creativity

_____ 10 pts.  Individual Effort

_____ 10 pts.  Quality of final presentation

_____ 50 pts. (Total points)

Final Grade  _____

List of Famous Mathematicians:

| |Gauss, Carl |Pascal, Blaise |

|Archimedes  | | |

| |Gregory, James  |Ptolemy |

|Cardano, Girolamo  | | |

| |Hypatia  |Pythagoras |

|Cavalieri, Bonaventura  | | |

| |Kepler, Johannes |Ramanujan, Srinivasa |

|Descartes, Rene  | | |

| |Lagrange, Joseph-Louis |Stevin, Simon |

|Euclid  | | |

|  | | |

| |La Place, Pierre Simon de |Tartaglia, Nicolo |

|Euler, Leonhard  | | |

|  | | |

| |Leibniz, Gottfried  |Thales |

|Fermat, Pierre de  | | |

| |Napier, John  |Vann, John |

|Fibonacci, Leonardo  | | |

| |Newton, Sir Isaac  |Viete, Francois |

|Galilei, Galileo  | | |

| |Noether, Amalie Emmy |Wallis, John |

|Galois, Evariste  | | |

|  | | |

Name:_____________________                                                   Due Date:__________

“LET ME INTRODUCE YOU”

Take notes on the following outline to research your mathematician.

A. Vital Statistics

1.  Name

2.  Lifespan

3.  Birthplace

4.  Age at Death

B. Three historic world events that occurred during his/her life

1.

2.

3.

C.  Education

D. Marital and Family Status

E. Occupations

F. Three Contributions to Mathematics

1.

2.

3.

G. Two interesting events from his/her life

1.

2.

H. Sources

1.

2.

 

 

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