Assignment Due Friday April 28
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In order to complete this assignment you must use the free web encyclopedia called Wikipedia This website has information on over 1 million topics.
Here you must find information on your choice of ONE of these five topics. You cannot simply cut and paste the text from wikipedia as your comment, instead you must explain in your own words what the subject is about. 4 to 6 sentences should be enough to explain the topic.
If a topic is in " " then you should paste the exact term into wikipedia as your search item
Topics:
1. Who is Euclid and what are three of his axioms. Euclid gives five postulates (axioms) in his first book of elements, which discribes Geometric terms.
2. What is the The "Pythagorean theorem"?
3. "Congruence (geometry)" Congruence (geometry). What are the three ways that triangles can be proven to be congruent (equal to one another) using sides and angles.
4. What is a "Wiki" and what is "collaborative writing"?
5. What is the "fibonacci sequence" and what are five examples of where it can be found in nature.
Have fun using this amazing web based resource. Use it to find out information on anything that we are learning in math class.
Mr. R
In order to complete this assignment you must use the free web encyclopedia called Wikipedia This website has information on over 1 million topics.
Here you must find information on your choice of ONE of these five topics. You cannot simply cut and paste the text from wikipedia as your comment, instead you must explain in your own words what the subject is about. 4 to 6 sentences should be enough to explain the topic.
If a topic is in " " then you should paste the exact term into wikipedia as your search item
Topics:
1. Who is Euclid and what are three of his axioms. Euclid gives five postulates (axioms) in his first book of elements, which discribes Geometric terms.
2. What is the The "Pythagorean theorem"?
3. "Congruence (geometry)" Congruence (geometry). What are the three ways that triangles can be proven to be congruent (equal to one another) using sides and angles.
4. What is a "Wiki" and what is "collaborative writing"?
5. What is the "fibonacci sequence" and what are five examples of where it can be found in nature.
Have fun using this amazing web based resource. Use it to find out information on anything that we are learning in math class.
Mr. R
posted by Mr. Reece at
1:02 PM
2 Comments:
fibonnaci sequence(or patttern):
a sequence in which specific, subsequent numbers are produced by adding the two previous "fibonaccci numbers". the pattern usually starts with 0 and 1. example: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.
examples in nature:
1.arrangement of leaves in flowers
2.arrangement of pines on a pine cone
3.arrangement of seeds on a raspberry
4.arrangement of scales on a pineapple
5.arrangement of spirals in horns and shells
By
apuya_soldier_, at 4/23/2006 9:50 AM
wiki: a website that anyone can edit quickly usuallly without registration
collaborative writing: projects that are done with multiple people together
By
apuya_soldier_, at 4/27/2006 6:36 PM
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