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Activity 2: Ancient Contributions to Modern Mathematics (Heidi)

__**Guiding Question**__ **: What mathematical functions that you use today were discovered during ancient times?**

__**Objective:**__ Students will identify mathematical functions that were developed during ancient times that are used in their mathematics class.

__**Procedures**__ **:**
 * 1) Students will research ancient contributions to mathematics using online resources, videos, and books.
 * 2) Students search their mathematics textbook to locate examples of ancient mathematics.
 * 3) Students will create a mind map that displays mathematical contributions from ancient civilizations.

__Solution:__
Link to Mind Map: []

==__**__Guiding Resources__**__ : == Ancient Lights. (2000). Living History: Living in Ancient Egypt [Full Video]. Available from [|__http://www.discoveryeducation.com/__] [|__F0-7EEA9D878CFB__] Edgework Media. (2006). What the Ancients Knew: India - Numerals and the Origin of Zero [video segment]. Available from [|__http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C1CEF971-942E-4553-9E__] Fabian-Baber. (2006). Culture and Math: The Egyptians [Full Video]. Available from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.discoveryeducation.com/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Millimore, M. (1997). Discovering Ancient Egypt. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.eyelid.co.uk/index.htm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">O’Connor, J. and Robertson, E. (2000). An Overview of Babylonian Mathematics. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_mathematics.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">O’Connor, J. and Robertson, E. (2000). Ancient Egyptian Mathematics. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Egyptians.html__]