What's Your Number? (project)
This project was a enticing project based around the mathematics of ancient civilizations. In my partnership, with Emily Moder we chose to base our project around ancient egyptian math. We spent time learning how they add, subtract, multiply, and divide hoping to teach this to 5th grade students. In the process, we had to make a children's book, game, and artifact representing how the math contributed to the world. Together, Emily and I worked to create each of these.
~Below you will find attachments to our book, and pictures better explaining our project~
Attachment #1 : This is a picture of our artifact. This shows the how they wrote the numbers we use today. These contributed to modern day math because without them, our numerals wouldn't be the same.
Attachment #2 : These are the instructions to the game, and the conversion table for doing your math.
Attachment #3 : These papers explain how you do egyptian addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. These are laid out to help those playing the game, better understand how to perform the equations.
Attachment #4 : A digital copy of our children's book.
Attachment #5 + #6: A picture of the 5th grade classroom visit.
Attachment #7 :This picture shows our game board. We based our game off of Candyland, however to move you must use math. Our game pieces were made of clay, in the shape of camels, the cards only had "+" and "-", and the dice has numbers from 1-4.
This project really helped me understand where the roots of our mathematical system comes from. Not only did it help us, but we were able to pass on our understandings onto the kids. This project didn't only teach us about math, we learned the proper skills needed to teach our knowledge to others, and engage people in creative ways.
~Below you will find attachments to our book, and pictures better explaining our project~
Attachment #1 : This is a picture of our artifact. This shows the how they wrote the numbers we use today. These contributed to modern day math because without them, our numerals wouldn't be the same.
Attachment #2 : These are the instructions to the game, and the conversion table for doing your math.
Attachment #3 : These papers explain how you do egyptian addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. These are laid out to help those playing the game, better understand how to perform the equations.
Attachment #4 : A digital copy of our children's book.
Attachment #5 + #6: A picture of the 5th grade classroom visit.
Attachment #7 :This picture shows our game board. We based our game off of Candyland, however to move you must use math. Our game pieces were made of clay, in the shape of camels, the cards only had "+" and "-", and the dice has numbers from 1-4.
This project really helped me understand where the roots of our mathematical system comes from. Not only did it help us, but we were able to pass on our understandings onto the kids. This project didn't only teach us about math, we learned the proper skills needed to teach our knowledge to others, and engage people in creative ways.