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Historical Mathematicians Project 5 Grade Math Mr. Crum's Class
Historical Mathematicians Project 5 Grade Math Mr. Crum's Class
Euclid
Omar Khayyam
Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci)
Girolamo Cardano
Rene Descartes
Pierre de Fermat
Maria Agnesi
Benjamin Banneker
Charles Babbage
Mary Somerville
Neils Abel
Ada Lovelace
Sonya Kovalevsky
Albert Einstein
George Polya
There are books in both the school library, and Mr. Crums classroom
library containing some information about each of the mathematicians
above. For your project, you will seek out basic information about your
mathematician to share with your classmates during your presentation.
This project you with a number of choices in determining what you find
most interesting about the life of your chosen mathematician. As you
research the life of your mathematician, you will want to determine details of
his or her personal history and life (Where is the mathematician from? What
sort of work did the mathematician do? Did the mathematician have a
family, or any notable friends?) Other things to look for will include:
What is the mathematician known for?
How have the mathematicians discoveries been used throughout
history, and into our modern lives?
Where do we see the influence of this mathematician in what you have
learned in elementary school?
When you have completed your research you will write a brief 5paragraph essay about the mathematician. You will use the TIDE format to
assist in organizing your writing.
You will present your findings in an oral presentation to the class. The
presentation will be from 2-5 minutes in length.
Grading Rubric:
Name:
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