Resources and materials for courses developed through the Partnership for Excellence project
Historical Perspectives
for the
Mathematics Classroom
Resources and materials for courses developed through the Partnership for Excellence project
Historical Perspectives
for the
Mathematics Classroom
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Handouts
Course Outline
History Project Description
Portfolio Requirements
Timeline History of Mathematics in Civilization
Reading List
Class Notes
Cooperative Group Activities
Measurements of a Circle
Approximating Pi
Geometer's Sketchpad Sketches of regular polygons used
in activity: Square, octagon, 16_gon, 17_gon, 32_gon
Manipulatives
Triman compass
Mira or image reflector
Sources: Cuisinaire , Nasco , ETA
Software
Demo Version of Geometer's Sketchpad may be obtained here.
Calculus Calculator Ver. 4 (CC4) - Beta version of X(Plore)
Winzip (to unzip compressed files)
Simulation of Buffon Needle ExperimentTeacher-developed Projects
Mathematics History Resources on the Internet
History of Mathematics (David Joyce, Clark University) contains links to many resources.
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive,
University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
Biographies of Women Mathematicians,
Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia
Math Archives at University of Tennessee
Math Forum at Swarthmore
USCS Library Online System for Collection and Reference
