Environmental mathematics in the classroom

B.A. Fusaro, P.C. Kenschaft, Collectif The Mathematical Association of America

264 pages, parution le 21/10/2003

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Résumé

Environmental Mathematics in the Classroom seeks to marry the most pressing challenge of our time with the most powerful technology of our time-mathematics. It does so at an elementary level, demonstrating a wide variety of significant environmental applications that can be explored without resorting to the calculus.

Several chapters are accessible enough to be a text in a general education course or to enrich an elementary algebra course. Grourid-levei ozone, pollution and water use, preservation of whales, mathematical economics, the movement of clouds over a mountain range, at least one population model, and a smorgasbord of newspaper mathematics can be studied at this level and would form a stimulating course. It prepares future teachers not only to learn basic mathematics, but to understand how they can integrate it into other topics that will intrigue their students.

Other chapters provide sufficient challenge for prospective mathematics majors. More difficult population models, the spread of infections, and the survival of buffalo after the nineteenth century slaughter provide substance for such students. Those ready to apply trigonometry to real-world models also could study groundwater dissipation, the cleaning of OH spills, and the filling of oil tanks.

Environmental Mathematics in the Classroom can be a text for on independent mathematics course. With the expertise of another teacher, it could be the basis of an interdisciplinary course relating to mathematics and science. It can also serve as an excellent supplementary reader for teachers end their students, either for recreation or as the basis of independent study.

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Éditeur(s)	The Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Auteur(s)	B.A. Fusaro, P.C. Kenschaft, Collectif The Mathematical Association of America
Parution	21/10/2003
Nb. de pages	264
Format	17,7 x 25,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	470g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780883857144
ISBN13	978-0-88385-714-4