Projects+May+2012

Math Project

Task: Your task is to research and design a lesson to teach the class on one of the five famous mathematicians. Mathematicians: -Newton -Euclid -Pascal -Fibonacci -Plato

The concepts to focus on may include: -Fractions, decimals, and percents -Finding the percent of a number -solve equations involving percents -percent of change -simple interest  Process: You and your group will work together to design a lesson to teach the class. The lesson must include the following items <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">1. A brief explanation of the history of your mathematician to include why he/she is famous in the math world, a picture of him, dates of birth and death, and a fun fact. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">2. You should be fluent in converting between decimals, fractions, and percents. Using information on what your mathematician is famous for decide whoch math concept from above to teach.