You will create an attractive and professional two-page or three-page typed product (plus an annotated bibliography) that explores the interesting and important mathematical connections. Be sure that you research and include:

Here are two sample research products
Mathematics and Film by Kaitlyn Colucci (I especially liked the visual presentation and the deep connections to geometry. The connections to statistics and probability could have been even more in depth and replaced some of the timeframe elements that are not as mathematical)
Mathematics and Cancer by Maggie Hooks and Syd Shadrick (I especially liked how much research they brought in and how they organized it, including identifying which segments it connected to. The 2009 research should have also said it connected to statistics)
These were created in Microsoft Word and Google Slides, respectively.

You will communicate your expertise in a research presentation session on the "final exam" day. Your 2-page or 3-page product and your annotated bibliography will be taped up to the wall. We will divide up the class into two research sessions. During your session, you must stand by your product and annotated bibliography (which will be taped to the wall) to to present your project to classmates and answer their questions (and your answers must demonstrate expertise of your topic). The presentation component typically involves a group of 1 or 2 students at a time listening to and looking at your project so they can take notes for peer review. During the other session, you will talk to others about their research and fill out peer review. If you work with someone else, you will each be in different research sessions.

I am happy to help in office hours and you can also make an appointment through the library Research Advisory Program (RAP)

Your grade will be based upon the criteria above as well as the depth, clarity, and creativity of the product, annotations, explanations, mathematics, peer review and self-evaluations. Here is a grading rubric. As per the syllabus, participation in the research presentations is mandatory to pass the class.

References and Topic Suggestions

Your research may take the form of topics in the book that we did not cover, further examination of something we did, or something else related to mathematics. I encourage you to be creative and find a topic that relates to mathematics that you are interested in. I am happy to give you some suggestions of topics related to your personal interests.

Books: Catalog searches on a topic or the history of a field, or books from the library or my office can provide a wealth of information.
Also take a look at:

Websites: Websites such as the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive (O'Connor and Robertson, 2005) provide an extensive collection of articles on particular people and topics. The Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (Miller, J, 2008) can provide history on the development as well as the first published appearance of terms. Wikipedia's history pages and Google scholar can also be useful.