1st: Famous Mathematicians, how old were they? (subtract the smallest number from the bigger number).
Benjamin Banneker Live: 1713-1806
Elbert Cox Live: 1895-1969
Euphemia Haynes Live: 1890-1980
Annie Easley Live: 1933-2011
How old are they right now, subtract birth year from 2020
Fern Hunt Live: 1948 - present
Mark Dean Live: 1957 - present
Katherine Johnson Live: 1918 - present
Valorie Thomas Live: 1943 - present
Lonnie Johnson Live: 1949 - present
John Urschel Live: 1991 - Present
Mae Carol Jemison Live: 1956 - Present
2nd: Find out how old each famous American would be if they were still alive… it is 2020, so subtract their birth year from 2020 and you will find out…
Thomas Edison (inventor) Born: 1847
Rosa Parks (Civil Rights Activist) Born: 1913
Henry Ford (Car Inventor) Born: 1917
Amelia Earhart (female pilot) Born: 1897
Abraham Lincoln (16th President) Born: 1809
Benjamin Banneker Born: 1731
(Mathematician & Scientist)
Dr. George Carver (Scientist) Born: 1864
Florence Nightingale (Nurse) Born: 1820
3rd: Using a computer, tablet, or phone research and find 5 famous americans. Read about each one and find the age of each of your famous people. Once you have the age, order them from least to greatest and greatest to least. Have fun finding your favorite 5 famous americans!!
4th: It’s time to multiply with famous people. I would like for you to research and find 3 famous mathematicians. Read about the mathematicians you find and discover what year they were born and what their accomplishments were. Use their birth year and multiply it by 9 to find your answer. Once you’ve completed that, do the same thing using 3 famous people of your own choice! Then take your 6 answers and order them from greatest to least!
5th: Mathematics did not drop from the sky. I know that, of course, but do you? What a greater appreciation you can have for mathematics as a living science if you learn about the ideas in math from heroes past and present! It all begins with "I wonder." Read about the contributions of 3-5 American Mathematicians. How would the study of math be changed if their contributions had never been? For example, to see how to approach your thinking for each mathematician’s contribution, if an American mathematician had created the idea of the number 0, what would the world be like without it?
6th: Mathematics did not drop from the sky. I know that, of course, but do you? What a greater appreciation you can have for mathematics as a living science if you learn about the ideas in math from heroes past and present! It all begins with "I wonder." Read about the contributions of 3-5 American Mathematicians. How would the study of math be changed if their contributions had never been? For example, to see how to approach your thinking for each mathematician’s contribution, if an American mathematician had created the idea of the number 0, what would the world be like without it?