MGF 1107 Mathematician Presentation (Large Project)
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Directions:
Create a presentation of the life of a mathematician of your choosing. Document the person’s life by including the required items below and any others that you see fit. Use pictures (either sketched or copied) with short captions that help to tell the story. (Do not print out paragraphs or pages from the internet or some other source and paste them in. Write things in your own words.) Create a poster and other visual aids that may support your talk. People should get a good idea about the life of your person within 10 to 15 minutes.
Grading Rubric:
2 points
Mathematician Approved: You will need to get your mathematician
approved before starting the project. Do
some preliminary research to find a suitable person, and submit the name to me
by
2 points
Chronological Organization: Since it is a story of a person’s life,
the presentation should be arranged from birth to death.
3 points
Cover Sheet: On the back of your visual aids, include your name, the college’s name, the course, your mathematician’s name, my name, and the due date. Make this your first slide if you do a PowerPoint presentation.
3 points
Captions: Make the captions original, brief, and relevant.
4 points
Pictures: Have at least 2 pictures of the person. Include a caption with each picture that has the
resource where you found the picture.
8 points
Birth Certificate/Announcement: The birth certificate may be a copy of the person’s real certificate or a certificate of your design.
10 points
Resume of Achievements: The resume needs to be one that you write. Include all relevant experiences (awards, discoveries, jobs, etc.), educational pursuits (schools and degrees), and interests (professional and personal).
10 points
Newspaper Article: Write a fictitious newspaper article about something the mathematician actually did. Do not use real newspaper articles. Please put your name as the author.
30 points
Mathematical Accomplishment: Explain one of the mathematical discoveries that your person made. Since you need to be able to understand and explain this discovery well enough to teach it to your classmates, choose your mathematician carefully. This will be a necessary component of your presentation where you will teach the class about the mathematical concept.
3 points
Famous Quotes: List at least 2 quotes that your mathematician said.
7 points
Postage Stamp of the Mathematician: For the postage stamp, try to find one that exists. Check http://jeff560.tripod.com/ or see if you can find one elsewhere. If you cannot find a stamp, then you can design one that includes the person and a significant accomplishment.
8 points
Death Certificate/Announcement or Life Update: The death
certificate may be a copy of the person’s real certificate or a certificate of
your design. If the person is still
alive, then provide a life update. Talk
about where the person is living and what the person is doing.
10 points
List of Resources: On the back of your visual aids, include a list of resources (web sites, books, journals, magazines, TV programs, etc.) that you used when creating the book. Write the list in bibliography format. Sites such as Wikipedia are NOT considered as valid resources. (Anyone can go in and change the information.) Please make sure than any websites are solid. If you are not sure, just ask.
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100 points TOTAL
NOTE: You need to make sure
that everything is written in your own words.
If you copy from a source, you are plagiarizing and can expect to
receive a significant grade reduction.
If you have questions or concerns, bring your materials for review
before your due date.