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= Postage stamp construction =



Read ALL directions before beginning!
 * CITE YOUR SOURCES! You will not receive full credit if you don't complete this step!**

Activity: You will be designing postage stamps of a famous mathematician, artist, composer or musician, writer, scientist, athlete and historian. You will also need to explain why you chose that person and how they have contributed to history.

Directions: 1. Open a word processing program, presentation program, SMART Notebook, or any other program you feel comfortable in using. 2. Go to the internet and find the people you would like to make a postage stamp commemorating. You need to include at least one mathematician, artist, composer or musician, writer, scientist, athlete and historian. Copy and paste the image into your document. 3. Include a short biography of the famous person, why you chose that person, and how they have contributed to history. 4. Make sure you cite your sources of where you found your images. 5. Have fun! Try to find some people that others may not be familiar. 6. When you have finished, save your work into your Home folder and title it "postage stamp".

Lisa Fernandez was one of the most influential fast pitch softball players of all time. Lisa played softball and basketball at UCLA. Her average pitch speed was between 68-70 mph! That is over 101 mph in baseball reaction time. Lisa was also an Olympian softball player. Source: http://www.lisafernandez16.com