Task
You have just started a job at the
Easton Courier. As your first assignment you've been given the unique
opportunity to travel back in time and interview a famous mathematician.
Format
You can use any format that you'd
like, but a straightforward "Q&A" format would seem to work well. In
performing your interview, you should find out the following information
from your mathematician:
- The era in which the
mathematician lived
- The mathematician's education
- Events or people that may have
influenced him/her
- Contributions to the world of
mathematics
In addition, you will also create an
illustration/graphic that shows one of the important contributions your
subject made to the world of mathematics.
Requirements
Your interview should meet the
following minimum requirements:
- The interview should be 1-2 pages
word processed using a 12-point font.
- You should include all the
information your editor asked you to investigate and anything else you
think is interesting and relevant to your mathematician's life and
contributions.
- Since your work is to be
published, you should use proper grammar, sentence structure, and
spelling.
- You must include an illustration
that is either hand-drawn or computer generated.
- You must include a works cited
list detailing where you found your information.
Note: Your illustration should NOT
be simply a picture of your mathematician or someone else's work that you
have copied off the Internet. The work should be original and should
illustrate the person's contribution to mathematics. If you want to learn
how to use a program like Geometer Sketchpad or TI-Interactive to create
this portion of your project, see Mr. Cockerham.
Resources
You can use any books or
material that you find in the Media Center or the Easton Public Library.
In addition, you may use information found on the Internet at sites such
as:
An Index of Mathematical Biographies
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Mathematician Links at Yahooligans!
Possible Extra Credit Points
You may earn up to 20 extra credit
points for this project if you work alone, or up to 15 points each if you
work with a partner.
