Square Roots Visited by Eratosthenes
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Vocational/Technical | |
| Author | Nelson Elliott
Jude Miller Margaret Wilson | |
| Description | Students will learn about square roots
by knowing about Eratosthenes Sieve and prime factorization. They will also learn about the Hellenistic period in which Eratosthenes and his contemporaries lived with a focus on his many careers. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | The internet
Word processing program | |
| Grade Level | 10 | |
| National Standards | Mathematics
1.Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process 2.Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers 8.Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of functions and algebra 9.Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics | |
| Career Clusters | Engineering and Technical | |
| Keywords | square roots
Eratosthenes Sieve prime factorization Hellenistic period Fundamental Theorem | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1: Eratosthenes Sieve
Lesson 2: The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic Lesson 3: Square Roots Lesson 4: Hellenistic Age Lesson 5: Eratosthenes of Cyrene Lesson 6: To Be or Not to BE | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 5.6, 6.3, 6.5, 7.8 | |