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When You Enter This Classroom... Door Decoration

For Teachers 1st - 12th
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Many Colored Maps

For Students 6th
In this map activity, 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

For Teachers 5th - 12th
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

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students research a famous mathematician and create a presentation of their research. In this famous mathematician research lesson, students decide on a famous mathematician that they would like to learn more about. They conduct research...
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore study different mathematicians. In this mathematician lesson plan, students research twelve mathematicians. Students question one another to guess who their mathematician is. Students create a timeline of big events...
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Happy Birthday Mathematicians and Me

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners 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

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore famous mathematicians. For this mathematician lesson, students investigate for a mathematician who share their birthday and research their accomplishments in math.
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Worksheet
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Mathematicians

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, 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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Lesson Plan
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Mathematicians of the Month

For Teachers 7th
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...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Agnes Scott College

Agnus Scott College: Biographies of Women Mathematicians

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics With a Human Face

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can download posters with profiles of mathematicians in a wide variety of careers.
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Pythagoras, his school, his teachings, and the history of his approach to mathematics. Includes many formulas connected to Pythagoras.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Internet News

For Students 9th - 10th
Dating back to 1996, you can catch up on the news in mathematics. This internet resource is weekly updated to keep you informed.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: New in Math World

For Students 9th - 10th
Almost everyday, Wolfram updates this site with mathematical news and activities.
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Handout
Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Pierre De Fermat (1601 1665)

For Students 9th - 10th
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).
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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Pierre Simon Laplace (1749 1827)

For Students 9th - 10th
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).
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Handout
University of Virginia

Sir Isaac Newton Projectiles and Planets

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Female Mathematicians

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of St. Andrews presents this list of female mathematicians with a description of their contributions to the field.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Georg Joachim Von Lauchen Rheticus

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of the mathematician Georg Joachim von Lauchen Rheticus. Includes numerous quotations.
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Education Development Center

Making Mathematics: Mentored Research Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
After pairing professional mathematicians with groups of students, wonderful activities emerged. There are projects on this site, and use them in your own classroom.
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Handout
Agnes Scott College

Alphabetical Index of Women Mathematicians

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the biographies of dozens of women mathematicians who were important in the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's.
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Handout
University of Utah

University of Utah: Archimedes and the Computation of Pi

For Students 9th - 10th
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.