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Connecting Math Modeling and Science Through Engaging Activities

Maria Hernandez Lead Speaker
The Nc School of Science and Mathematics
Durham, NC 
United States

 With over 35 years of teaching experience, Maria has developed curricula for high school students in various mathematics courses. The bulk of her teaching career was at The NC School of Science and Mathematics. She has lead teacher collaborations via distance learning and has taught workshops for courses from Algebra I to AP Calculus and Complex Systems. Her focus is using mathematical modeling, discovery-based activities, technology and real-world problems to engage students as active learners in the mathematics classroom. Maria received The 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching and The UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2013. Maria serves on The NCTM/SIAM/COMAP Joint Committee on Modeling Across the Curriculum and on the Board for COMAP (The Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications) and on the Board for COMAP.

Jeff Milbourne Co-Speaker
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 
 
Fri, 10/17: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
241 
Workshop 
75 Minutes 
Georgia World Congress Center 
Published Room: A405 

Description

Come explore two activities that offer students a chance to actively engage in math modeling. The two lessons focus on ball bounce data collected using a motion detector and water flow data in which data is collected using a video. The data will be provided, and participants will work in groups as they engage in the modeling process to create and evaluate models. Participants will discuss pedagogy and teaching strategies that offer all students an opportunity to see themselves as doers of math.

Audience

10 to 12

Session Content Level

Intermediate

Strands

Deep Content Knowledge/Mathematical Practices/Routines