| Algebra 1 Part 1 1st Quarter Project: BIRTHDAYS OF FAMOUS MATHEMATICIANS |
| What does Mr. G want? STEP ONE: Choose mathematician. Confirm with Mr. G by Wed 12 Sep 2001. Find a famous mathematician who was born on your birthday. If there is more than one student sharing the same birthday, an alternate date may be assigned. DEADLINE ONE: Find sources, submit paper copies by Fri 21 Sep 2001. Since your final project will be submitted by computer disk or e-mail, using the Internet would be easiest from the start; however, you may use books to find information -- but make sure that you get the necessary information from a book (title, author, publisher, year) before you turn the book back in. Whatever sources you find and plan to use, turn in a printout or photocopy of all pages. Make sure that you have the exact Internet address for every webpage ("yahoo.com" and similar search engines don't count). DEADLINE TWO: Submit disk or e-mail with photo, quotation, and summary by Fri 05 Oct 2001. What does Mr. G want in the finished project?: ___ Picture of the mathematician in a .jpeg or .gif file. ___ A quote from him/her that you find funny or thought-provoking. ___ A 100-150 word summary of the most important things to know about this mathematicians. **** LINKS BELOW **** LINKS BELOW **** LINKS BELOW **** |
| Link to MacTutor page of Mathematicians' Birthdays www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Day_files/Year.htm |
| Sample of how this project should look (...will post soon) |