Exploring Math & Science in Cyberspace
(activity hunt about Scientist Thomas Hariot, print copy for use in classroom)
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Ground work for your hunt:

Connect to the Internet, choose File, Open page, type www.yahoo.com
Click on the Science category
Click on Mathematics in the 2nd column, then choose Mathematicians
Click on Hariot, Thomas (1560-1621)
Click on the third listing, Thomas Hariot (1560-1621), 
Add a bookmark/favorite for this page. Click on bookmark/favorite on the menu bar.

Who is the page author? ____________________________________
When was the page last updated? _____________________
What is the page URL or address? _____________________________

Find out more: (Choose the Life of Thomas Hariot category)

What was his job on the expedition? ___________________________
What account did Hariot write? ___________________________________
When was it published? ___________
Where did Hariot study? ________________________
What did he discover? __________________________________________
Who had the first telescope drawings of the moon? __________________

Name one source of bibliography information used for this site.   _______________________________________________________________

When did Hariot observe sunspots? __________________

Let’s imagine:

If you were to meet Thomas Hariot, what is one question you might ask? ______________________________________________________

By: Susan C. Bisset (Moon graphic. (Online) Available: http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/harriot.html, 4/26/99.)