We studied Pythagoras today from the book, Mathematicians-Are-People-Too

Image via WikipediaWe studied Pythagoras today from the book, Mathematicians-Are-People-Too  

• We drew all kinds of triangles while listening to the story.  
• I checked which ones were right triangles by measuring the triangles with a square ruler.
• He paid his first student to learn!  We learned about his theorem about triangles. 
• We used this image for the puzzle we did. I printed it as large as it would go on the paper, using IrfanView.  
• Caleb figured out how to fit the pieces together on his own!  
• We marked when he lived on our timeline. Here are some photos we are going to put on our timeline.   http://www.hslaunch.com/mypage/downloader.php?file=userfiles/200/68595044248.pdf&id=1761

Here are some good links to understand his theory.

http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/samples/pytha2.html Very cool puzzle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhh-9edn3c Well done video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9t7rNhaBp8 This one is good too.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/SquaringTheTriangle/  Interactive "squaring the triangle"  cool!

http://www.slu.edu/classes/maymk/GeoGebra/Pythagoras.html

http://www.mathsisgoodforyou.com/conjecturestheorems/pythagoras.htm

http://www.satuition.co.uk/members/documents/documents/pythagoras_worksheet.pdf

http://www.ohiorc.org/orc_documents/orc/RichProblems/Discovery-Pythagorean_Theorem.pdf

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Links about the book

http://thecurriculumchoice.com/2009/09/mathematicians-are-people-too/

http://www.squidoo.com/printables-mathematicians-are-people-too  Printables for the book!

http://www.hslaunch.com/mypage/downloader.php?file=userfiles/200/66774408980.pdf&id=1725  Very very cool blank pages to write on as you learn.