Research a mathematician and create a Fakebook page for him. The Project Information and Rubric Day 1: PartI. Choose a mathematician from the list below to research: Mathematicians Greek American Eratosthenes (biography) John Forbes Nash, Jr. Eulid (biography) Pythagoras (Geometry's Great Thinkers book) Thales Democritus Hungarian-American Plato John von Neumann Archimedes (biography) Heron of Alexandria Hypatia Diophantus of Alexandria Italian Fibonacci (book about his work) French Evariste Galois Blaise Pascal Rene Descartes (Geometry's Great Thinkers book) Pierre de Fermat Sophie Germain German Carl Friedrich Gauss August Ferdinand Mobius Emmy Noether Georg Cantor Albert Einstein (Eureka book) David Hilbert English Ada Lovelace John Vienn Isaac Newton (Eurkea book) Alan Turing (Architects of the Information Age book) Charles Babbage (Architects of the Information Age book) Florence Nightingale (biography) Metapontum Hippasus Swiss Leonhard Euler Part II. Using the online databases via NCWiseOwl and other credible web sites provided below, research the required information (see the rubric) for the FB page: NCWISEOWL--Britannica, Kids InfoBits Credible web sites: www.biography.com Biographical Dictionary Omnibiography Encyclopedia of World Biographies Factmonster Day 2: Create a Fakebook page for your mathematician. (You have to first add about five posts and name it before you can begin adding additional information.) Go to: http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page You will need to print your final Fakebook page AND share the web address with Mrs. Bass via email ([email protected]). Image Search Recommended sites for images you may want to use. These images are part of public domain and can be used freely: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page NY Public Library Digital Collection http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ https://pixabay.com/ BE SURE TO TURN IN ALL YOUR SOURCE NOTE SHEETS. These serve as your bibliography for the project. |
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