Proposal:

Write a one page, typed proposal of your project.  Include your topic name, at least three web site addresses you have visited, what you will write about, and what type of model you will create.
 

Write a 3 to 5 page, typed (double-spaced, 12 pt., one inch margin) paper on your topic.  use your proposal and any feedback from the teacher.  Include a graphic aid, and a bibliography listing where you searched on the web, and at least one other source (book, magazine, etc.)
 

Create a model (poster, overhead projector sheets, video, computer demonstration...) to represent your approved topic.  Be creative!
 

Prepare a 3-5 minute oral presentation on your approved topic.  Use 3 X 5 index cards for notes.  Do not read your written report.  Include where you searched on the Internet, a summary of your written report, and your model.

TOPICS
 

Fractal Geometry	Platonic and Archimedean Solids
Geometric Art	Non-Euclidean Geometries
Topology and Networks	Mathematicians
Topology and Mobius Strips

 
Other topics may be selected, with approval from the Instructor.

SEARCHING THE SHELVES

Use the Media Center's Electronic Card Catalog or the MCPS Catalog (linked from Media Center Home Page) to search for library books on your topic.  For this project the following call numbers will be useful for browsing the shelves:  515 and 516

LEARNING RESEARCH HUB (LRH)

Encyclopaedia Britannica - internet access (school use only)
Encyclopaedia Americana - internet access (school use only)
GaleNet Resources: - internet access*
        Select:  DISCovering Science
                     DISCovering Biography
                 DISCovering Multicultural America
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - internet access (school use only)
World Book Encyclopedia - internet access (school use only)*

* Ask Media Center Staff for Password

Locate a topical magazine article using ProQuest Direct 2.0 or SIRS Researcher.  

ProQuest Direct 2.0  (For home use, get password from media center staff.)

ProQuest Direct is an information service providing online access to one of the most extensive collections of published material in the world.  With ProQuest Direct, you can search for information in thousands of different journals, periodicals, dissertations, newspapers, and magazines in UMI's vast archives.

SIRS Researcher on the Web provides thousands of full-text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.  Articles are carefully selected from around 1500 newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications.  Graphics, including charts, maps, diagrams, and drawings, are available for many of the articles.
 

INTERNET SITES

Use the following Internet Sites for information on this project.  If you discover other useful Internet sites complete the Internet Checklist (copies available in Media Center) to authenticate the site.

Media Center Links for Students and Teachers:  Geometry

Media Center Links for Students and Teachers:  Fractals