Mahoney Lesson Plan
Dr. Carolyn Mahoney is one of the seven Black mathematicians to have earned a PhD in mathematics from The Ohio State University. She graduated in 1983.
Learn more about Dr. Mahoney on her profile page
Dr. Mahoney focused on fields such as combinatorics, graph theory, and matroids, which will be explored through a game in this activity.
Lesson Details
Grade level: 3rd to 8th
Estimated time: 50 minutes
Form of work: Pairs
Ohio Math Standards:
- Grade 3. Reason with shapes and their attributes.
- Grades 4 and 5. Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
- Grade 7. Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.
Math concepts: graph, vertex, edge, polygon
This activity is also available as a ready-to-print worksheet.
