Black+Mathematicians+and+Scientists

=Mathematics Teacher / Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Articles=

Title: [|Benjamin Banneker and the Law of Sines]
Author: John Mahoney  February 2005, Volume 98, Issue 6, Page 390 **Abstract:** How Benjamin Banneker, the African American mathematician, used the Law of Sines more than 200 years ago. It contains a lesson plan for an activity to be used with precalculus students to review logarithms and the Law of Sines. Students are encouraged to use alternatives to calculators and methods they have thus learned for solving the problem.

Title: [|Benjamin Banneker's Mathematical Puzzles]
 Author: John Mahoney  February 2003, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 86 **Abstract:** Benjamin Banneker, a self-taught African American mathematician, kept a journal containing a number of mathematical puzzles. 200 years later, this article explores four of these puzzles with the aid of twenty-first century technology.

** Title: [|Gloria Hewitt - Mathematician] **
Author: Randy Lattimore  January 2001, Volume 94, Issue 1, Page 9 **Abstract:** The African-American woman mathematician, Gloria Hewitt, can serve as as a means of inspiring and encouraging potential mathematicians from minority groups.

===** Title: [|Historical Research: How to Fit Minority and Women's Studies into Mathematics Class] ** ===  Author: Margaret Sáraco  September 2008, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 70 **Abstract:** A lesson for studying minority and women's contributions to the field of mathematics. This article contains the groundwork for teaching to get started on a research project that highlights the accomplishments of famous women and minority mathematicians. An activity sheet and rubric for assessing student work are included.

** Title: [|Extraordinary Women Engineers Project (EWEP)] **
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Author: Joan Buhrman <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> November 2006, Volume 100, Issue 4, Page 283 <span style="color: goldenrod; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Abstract:** This article discusses the issue of under representation of women in the field of engineering and a project called Extraordinary Women Engineers Project (EWEP). Projects is a regular department of Mathematics Teacher devoted to sharing developing programs focused on improving education in a specific way.