Mathematicians on Film — Maryam Mirzakhani & Paul Erdős Video Worksheets Bundle

Mathematicians on Film video worksheets bundle cover, Maryam Mirzakhani and Paul Erdős — Response Resources

Video worksheets for two portrait documentaries about mathematicians: Secrets of the Surface, on Maryam Mirzakhani, and N Is a Number, on Paul Erdős. Each has 15 fill-in-the-blank questions in film order, an answer key and a self-grading Google Forms quiz. For high school math classes, Grades 9-12: a two-day film unit on how mathematicians work.

  • Secrets of the Surface (60 minutes): Mirzakhani's path from Iran to Harvard and Stanford, the geometry of surfaces, and her 2014 Fields Medal

  • N Is a Number (57 minutes): Erdős's life with no home and no job, prime numbers, the party problem and the Erdős number

  • 15 fill-in-the-blank questions per film, on one page, with an answer key

  • Each film is its own PDF, delivered by TpT; the last page links a Google Forms quiz you copy into your own Drive

  • The films are not included; both stream free on Kanopy with a library card

  • Sold separately $7.00; bundle $5.50 (saves $1.50).

Video worksheets from Response Resources, built to make a film day count.