Math Ancient Civilization Research Project – 2006/07

 

 

In an effort to greatly advance your knowledge of the origins of mathematics, you will be doing research on an ancient civilizations contribution to mathematics. Use of the internet and math history books in the classroom will be helpful in finding information about your civilization. I also have some PowerPoint slide information on CD’s.

After completing your research you will develop a PowerPoint presentation on your findings. The presentation must include, but is not limited to the following:

-Title page with civilization, time period and your name

-Introduction

-Summary

-Timeline

-Famous people

-Number system used or developed

-Accomplishments

-Developments/Findings

-What did they study?

                        -Source page – minimum of 3 sources, and explain their usefulness

                        -Minimum of 8 slides

 

The civilizations that you will choose from are:

                        -Babylonians                           -Chinese BC years

                        -Greek before 300 BC                        -Chinese AD years

                        -Greek after 300 BC               -Indian

                        -Egyptians                               -Mayan & Incan

                        -Arabic                                    -Sumerians

 

In addition to completing the PowerPoint presentation each student will be responsible for completing 2 peer evaluations. You will be graded on the quality of your evaluations. These evaluations are intended to give feedback to the developer on their presentation and for you to become exposed to 2 other ancient civilizations. The grading rubric that will be used can be found on the following page. Use these for your peer evaluations. You will pick the civilization that you want to research on the 1st day of the project.

 

If you need assistance in making a PowerPoint presentation please feel free to ask me for help. You may use the laptops in my room to complete this assignment. Feel free to save things onto the computers, but I recommend saving to your documents folder on the network. Please save your completed PowerPoint onto my flash drive. Once all the presentations have been turned in, I will publish them onto the AccPreCalc web page for your viewing and evaluation.

 

Timeline:

Project introduction:               Wed. Jan. 3rd

Presentation Due:                    Mon. Jan. 8th

Peer Evaluations Due:             Wed. Jan. 10th

 

Grading:

PowerPoint Presentation -      50 test points

2 peer evaluations -                 10 test points (5 ea)

Math Ancient Civilization Research Project - 2005

 

 

In an effort to greatly advance your knowledge of the origins of mathematics, you will be doing research on an ancient civilizations contribution to mathematics. Use of the internet and math history books in the classroom will be helpful in finding information about your civilization. I also have some PowerPoint slide information on CD’s.

After completing your research you will develop a PowerPoint presentation on your findings. The presentation must include, but is not limited to the following:

-Title page with civilization, time period and your name

-Introduction

-Summary

-Timeline

-Famous people

-Number system used or developed

-Accomplishments

-Developments/Findings

-What did they study?

                        -Source page – minimum of 3 sources, and explain their usefulness

                        -Minimum of 8 slides

 

The civilization that you will be assigned will come from the following list:

                        -Babylonians

                        -Chinese

                        -Greek

                        -Indian

                        -Egyptian

                        -Mayan

                        -Inca

                        -Arabic

 

In addition to completing the PowerPoint presentation each student will be responsible for completing 2 peer evaluations. You will be graded on the quality of your evaluations. These evaluations are intended to give feedback to the developer on their presentation and for you to become exposed to 2 other ancient civilizations. It is highly recommended that you view the other presentations at your leisure to further your knowledge of ancient mathematics.

 

The grading rubric that will be used can be found on the following page along with your civilization and peer evaluation assignments. If you need assistance in making a PowerPoint presentation please feel free to ask me for help. We will spend 2-3 days in class doing research and starting your presentation. Completion of the presentation will need to be done outside the normal class time. I will give you a due date after we complete the 2-3 days of research.

 

You may use the laptops in my room to complete this assignment. Feel free to save things onto the computers, but I recommend saving to your docutments folder on the network. Please save your completed PowerPoint to my Calculus folder on Server-8 or onto my flash drive. The instructions can found above the computers or please see me. Once all the presentations have been turned in, I will publish them onto the AccPreCalc web page for your viewing and evaluation.

 

Grading:

PowerPoint Presentation -      50 test points

2 peer evaluations -                 10 test points (5 ea)

Math Ancient Civilization Research Project - 2004

 

 

In an effort to greatly advance your knowledge of the origins of mathematics, you will be doing research on an ancient civilizations contribution to mathematics. You will be assigned a partner to complete this project. Use of the internet and math history books in the classroom will be helpful in finding information about your civilization.

After completing your research your group will make a PowerPoint presentation on your findings. The presentation must include, but is not limited to the following:

-Title page with civilization, time period and your names

-Famous people

-Number system used or developed

-Accomplishments

-Developments/Findings

-What did they study?

                        -Source page – minimum of 3 sources, and explain their usefulness

                        -Minimum of 6 slides

 

The civilization that each group will be assigned will come from the following list:

                        -Babylonians

                        -Chinese

                        -Greek

                        -Indian

                        -Egyptian

                        -Mayan

                        -Inca

                        -Arabic

 

In addition to completing the PowerPoint presentation each student will be responsible for completing 2 peer evaluations. You will be graded on the quality of your evaluations. These evaluations are intended to give the group feedback on their presentation and for you to become exposed to 2 other ancient civilizations. It is highly recommended that you view the other presentations at your leisure to further your knowledge of ancient mathematics.

 

The grading rubric that you and I will use can be found on the following page along with your peer evaluation assignments. If you need assistance in making a PowerPoint presentation please feel free to ask me for help. We will spend 2-3 days in class doing research and starting your presentation. Completion of the presentation will need to be done outside the normal class time. I will give you a due date after we complete the 2-3 days of research.

 

You may use the laptops in my room to complete this assignment. Feel free to save things onto the computers or use your data folder on the network. Please save your completed PowerPoint to my Calculus folder on Server-8. The instructions can found above the computers or please see me. Once all the presentations have been turned in, I will publish them onto the AccPreCalc web page for your viewing and evaluation.

 

Grading:

PowerPoint Presentation -      50 test points

2 peer evaluations -                 10 test points (5 ea)