Saturday, March 29, 2008

Bye Bye Blog


Just a note to let you know we will not be working on the blog for a week or two. We are in the midst of Third Quarter benchmarks and AIMS is right around the corner. Once we have completed these tasks we will be back to blogging and wiking away. :-)

Ms. L.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Math without Mathematicians?

Although we engage in learning mathematics every day, we never stop to think about the fact someone actually took the time to figure out the structures, connections, and rules of mathematics so that we could use it without having to re-figure it out every time. Here is your task for the day. Follow these links for historical information:

http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/women.htm

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

http://math.about.com/od/mathematicians/Mathematicians.htm

Explore some of the mathematicians or the mathematicians related to a genre of mathematics. Give us a peak into the world of three mathematicians. Be sure you understand what it is they really contributed to mathematics before you post. (This is why you may want to search by topic.)

In your write up please include the following:
Name
Era
Branch of mathematics
A interesting fact about the mathematician
How their contribution helps us today, give a real life example of the mathematics, or explain How their contribution has shown up in our studies.

You may not cut and paste. These are written in your own words in paragraph form, including correct spelling and puncuation. I can't wait to read what you find out about the eclectic world of mathematicians.

Ms. Leckman

P.S. Don't forget to make a major and minor edit to the wiki.

ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEE YA IN 9 DAYS. :-)

Friday, March 07, 2008

How Did They Know?????







Go to the Wiki and add a major post and a minor post. Then work on your POW.



Yes, you do have very, very talented classmates, but what is their "magic"? How did they know your birthday? Your task today is three fold.


First: Explain how they knew your birthday.



Next: Prove that your theory is correct in some mathematical manner.


Finally: Extend the magic. Create your own mystifying "trick".Post of of these on the blog so we have a "bag of tricks."


One week and counting until Spring Break! :-) Have a great weekend!




Ms. L.



Maybe this will help! Here are the cards.




































What's my line?

What's my line?