On this page you will find various topics and ideas that can be researched. Where possible the URL address of an appropriate website has been included.   Ancient Number systems Investigate the development of ancient number systems including Mesopotanian, Egypt,  Roman, Arabic, Babylonian, Mayan, Chinese. Try the following sites, Mesopotanian http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/  Arabic www.islamicity.org/mosque/ihame/Ref6.htm  Roman www.cod.edu/people/faculty/lawrence/romans.htm  Babylonian http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/babylonia.html  Egypt http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/egypt.html Mayan http://mathforum.com/k12/mayan.math/index.html http://users.ccnet.com/~laplaza/maya/maya2.htm  China http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/china.html     Famous Mathematicians Investigate the biographies of famous mathematicians throughout history Try the following sites, Some famous mathematicians http://euler.ciens.ucv.ve/English/mathematics/  Hall of great mathematicians www.siue.edu/~dcollin/mathfame.html  Women in mathematics www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.html Index of ancient greek mathematics & astronomy www.csd.uch.gr/~vsiris/ancient_greeks.html Mathographies http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/MathFolks.html Newtonia (Isaac Newton) www.newton.org.uk Hypatia of Alexandria www.polyamamory.org/~howard/Hypatia/ Eratosthenes www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/Eratosthenes.html Archimedes www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Archimedes/contents.html www.shu.edu/projects/reals/history/archimed.html     The development of mathematical instruments Investigate the development of calculation devices throughout mathematical history. Try the following sites, Abacus http://  www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus      The history of various mathematical topics Investigate how various mathematical topics have developed. Try the following sites, The most famous teacher This site is all about Euclid's elements http://numbers.aol.com.bbyarsl/euclid.html Mathematics archives This site gives a general history of mathematics http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/history.html Algebra www.lib.virginia.edu/science/parshall/algebra.html History of number The development of mathematics used in ancient Babylonia, Greece and Egypt. http://nova.bsuvc.bsu.edu/home/tmrabar/number.htm     Time Zones Around the World Time zones www.koalanet.com/world-time-zones.html      Pi The development of the concept of Pi Try these sites, Archimedes and Pi www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/Archimedes/Archimedes.html Pi www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/pi.html http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMPi.html     Do you have ideas of your own? Any feedback is welcome, click on the link below. Go to the feedback section Links Methods of presenting data Other stage 4 lesson ideas