Students participate in an extended, culminating mathematics, science, and technology project. Students gather, analyze, and chart information on the number and causes of auto accidents in their county and look for trends. They present their results, including a videotaped segment, to a driver education class. Developing ideas for proposed solutions, investigating ideas, collecting data, and showing relationships and patterns in the data. Constructing components or models, arriving at a solution, and evaluating the result.
Students participate in an extended, culminating mathematics, science, and technology project.
Students determine the kinds of data to be collected, for example, snowfall during certain months, average wind velocity, R value of insulating materials, etc. To conduct their research, students gather and analyze information from research data bases, national libraries, and electronic communication networks, including the Internet. Heat flow calculations are done to determine how body heat could be used to heat the shelter. Developing ideas for proposed solutions, investigating ideas, collecting data, and showing relationships and patterns in the data. Constructing components or models, arriving at a solution, and evaluating the result.