Algebra I PROJECT
Coach Startup
MAJOR TEST GRADE
Your first Algebra project is due NO LATER THAN _______________
Your project will be a poster and report about a mathematician. You may select a mathematician from the list below or select another one of your choosing (PYTHAGORAS, EUCLIS, and ISAAC NEWTON are NOT acceptable).
This project will count as a major test grade, and you can earn more than 100 points so lets go for the points!!!!!!
1. For this project you will be doing some research about a mathematician that you have selected.
2. In order to share your findings with the entire class, you will produce a poster which highlights the mathematician’s name with dates of birth and death prominently displayed.
3. You might include a portrait or photocopy of what the mathematician looked like.
4. Other items of interest are achievements in mathematics with a brief explanation of what the mathematician accomplished.
5. Accomplishments outside the field of mathematics should also be included.
6. Be sure your poster is easily read and eye-appealing.
The following is a list of possible mathematicians for the mathematics history project.
This is a required project and it is not OPTIONAL!!!!!!
MATHEMATICS HISTORY PROJECT
GRADE SHEET
NAME:_____________________________ DATE:_______________
1. Poster completed and turned in before or on the due date of _______________.
0 – 20 points _________________
2. Poster contains 5 different important facts about the mathematician.
10 – 20 points _________________
3. Poster is very neat, easy to read, and shows examples of his/her achievements.
10 – 20 points _________________
4. Poster shows at least one accomplishment outside the field of mathematics.
0 – 10 points _________________
5. The student had good eye contact during the presentation. The presentation was made without reading to the class.
5 – 15 points _________________
6. The student was able to show or tell how this mathematician’s invention or achievements are still being used today.
5 – 10 points _________________
7. The written report was a one page summary of the information collected about this mathematician.
10 – 15 points _________________
TOTAL POINTS / GRADE _________________
REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST GRADE!!! IT IS A REQUIRED PROJECT
Baxter, Agnes Sime (1870-1917)."
Cardano, Girolamo (1501-1576)."
"Chang, Sun-Yung Alice (1948-)."
Courant, Richard (1888-1972)."
Dedekind, Richard (1831-1916)."
Desargues, Girard (1591-1661)."
"Eckert, J. Presper (1919-1995)."
"Euclid of Alexandria (c. 325 B.C.-c. 270 B.C.)."
"Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783)."
"Falconer, Etta Zuber (1933-)."
"Fermat, Pierre de (1601-1665)."
"Fibonacci, Leonardo Pisano (c. 1170-c. 1240)."
"Fourier, Joseph (1768-1830)."
"Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)."
"Galois, Évariste (1811-1832)."
"Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855)."
"Germain, Sophie (1776-1831)."
"Granville, Evelyn Boyd (1924-)."
"Hadamard, Jacques-Salomon (1865-1963)."
"Hawking, Stephen (1942-)."Hay, Louise (1935-1989)."
"Hero of Alexandria (c. 65-c. 125)."
Hopper, Grace Murray
Hypatia
Kayyam, Omar
Kepler, Johann
Kovalevsky, Sonya
Leibnitz, G.W.
Lobachevski, N.J.
Lovelace, Ada
Napier, John
Noether, Emmy
Pascal, Blaise
Ramanujan, Srinivasa
Somerville, Mary Fairfax
Tartaglie, Niccolo
Thales
Torricelli, Evangelista
Viete, Francois
