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Discovering Greek Mathematics: A Pythagorean Adventure!

Plan a trip to Greece for your classmates to learn about Pythagoras and Greek mathematicians through a creative brochure. Calculate expenses, flight details, currency exchange, and explore mathematical concepts. Enhance your understanding of historic figures and apply math skills in practical scenarios.

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Discovering Greek Mathematics: A Pythagorean Adventure!

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  1. Pythagoras and Greece:A Mathematical WebQuest c a Created by Caitlin Demm EDU 505 Professor Yang Summer 2007 b

  2. Introduction You learned about Pythagoras and his Theorem in math class this year. You realize how important and useful this theorem is, but some of your classmates think it’s stupid. They also think that we should stop learning about math because they will never use it in their lives. You need to convince your classmates that math is useful!

  3. Task Your task for this WebQuest will be to plan a trip to Greece for your classmates to learn about Pythagoras and other Greek mathematicians. This plan will be presented in the form a brochure. Be sure to answer all questions and to incorporate the math skills we have been working on all year into your brochure.

  4. Process: Step 1 • You will need some supplies for the trip. You buy the following items: • Backpack ($21.25) • Hat ($12.00) • Sun screen ($3.20) • Snacks ($14.50) • If the sales tax is 8%, how much would you need to spend all together on supplies? Show or explain how this is calculated.

  5. Process: Step 2 • The flight from Syracuse, NY to Athens, Greece will last 12 hours in the air with a total travel time of 20 hours including stops along the way. The flight will cover about 4,900 miles. Show the work used to answer each of the questions: • How many minutes will your total travel time be (including stops)? • How many seconds will your plane spend in the air? • How many feet will the plane travel?

  6. Process: Step 3 • The currency used in Greece is the Euro. Show the work used to answer each of the following questions: • How many Euros are equal to 1 U.S. dollar? • The flight to Greece will cost about $3,000. How much is this in Euros? • If you spend 37.3 Euros while in Greece, how many U.S. dollars did you spend?

  7. Process: Step 4 Find at least two maps or pictures to include in your brochure. Do not use any that have been used in this presentation. Cite the resources used for each image.

  8. Process: Step 5 Write a short (at least 3 sentences) biography of Pythagoras. Research two other Greek mathematicians and write about their contributions to mathematics.

  9. Resources Step 1 http://www.321know.com/g75_sax1.htm Step 2 http://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm http://www.wwu.edu/depts/tutorialcenter/conversions.htm Step 3 http://www.currencysource.com/currencyexchangerates.html

  10. More Resources Step 4 http://www.planetware.com/pictures/greece-gr.htm http://www.hri.org/info/maps/ Step 5 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/pythagoras.htm http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/index.htm http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Greek_math.html http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Greeks.html

  11. Evaluation Your brochure will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

  12. Conclusion By the time you have finished your brochure, you will have learned more about a few Greek mathematicians. You will have also used some important mathematical concepts including unit conversions, currency exchange, and consumer math. These are skills that you can use as you do math in the real world!

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