6+Math+Applications

Look at one or two particular applications together in detail. Get contacts/speakers to help with this!

Then help students identify a particular real-life application to research and learn about in detail. Make a list from contacts we make so research can include information from a community member (interview, shadowing, field trip, etc.) Gather resources for them to utilize.

What is the most fair voting procedure? Value at Risk (VaR) Code breaking - Edgar Allen Poe: Gold Bug global warming research center @http://www.climate-talks.net/2005-ENVRE130/Climate-Talks-U/index.htm TRC Engineering firm - Jessica Conaway's husband works here //Playing with Matches// Erica Klarreich (p. 356 - 366) - medical residency match program algorithm, etc.

//What is Financial Mathematics?// Tim Johnson (p. 43-46 of Best Math Writing 2010, Pitici)

See Residency Match Program article in book club: //Playing with Matches//