Description

You may choose one of the following Ancient Number Systems: Babylonian, Roman, Mayan, Greek, Egyptian or speak to your teacher and propose another number system. You may also choose to study a modern number system – the Binary Number System. Your number system choice for the project must be recorded with your teacher before you start.

Working in teams: Work with a partner as a team. Share responsibilities. Each team-member will research separately before working on the presentation together.

This project will have two parts: a) a 3 minute class presentation b) math puzzle for the class to solve

Resources: You need to use at least two reliable resources (a book, encyclopedia, database, magazine article, a reliable web site). You can read articles from Wikipedia but __cannot__  use it as a work cited.

__Part A: Presentation requirements:__ Presentation should be short – approximately 3-5 minutes. Include: History (brief) and rules, arithmetic, base 10, how does the number system work, Works Cited. Important notes: 1. Get creative with your presentation (you can make a poster, PowerPoint Presentation, iMovie, etc). 2. Paraphrase and summarize information found in books and online. ALWAYS write in your own words! 3. You need to cite your sources and create a list of Works Cited at the end of your presentation. See Ms. Bee if you need help.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Topic/Section || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What to Include ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. History || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When/where?; Origin of symbols etc.. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Symbols || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What base?; does it use place value?; List all different symbols/how to count; example numbers and explanations etc.. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Math Puzzle || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Guess what is this? ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Works Cited || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">List of the resources used for presentation ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Image Credits || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Source name and URL ||

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Part B: Math Puzzle :__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using your number system, present a number puzzle for students to solve.