Category Archives: Vol 1: Using Mathematics to Understand Social Issues

Understanding the Use of Social Media and Its Impact on School Suspension

January 31, 2018 – 1:21 pm

Vertina Rhim, Math, Whitewater MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags constant of proportionality, coordinate plane, covariance, equation, Facebook, In-School Suspension, Instagram, Math, Middle School, Origin, Out-of-School Suspension, percent of change, proportional reasoning, rate, ratio, snapchat | Permalink | Comments Off

The Over Incarceration of America

January 31, 2018 – 1:18 pm

Paige Laurain, Math, West Charlotte HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Box and Whiskers Plot, High School, histogram, Linear Regression, Math, Math 1, measures of center, Measures of Spread, Statistics | Permalink | Comments Off

Rational Thinking: Voting, Fairness, and the 2016 Presidential Election

January 31, 2018 – 1:16 pm

Kelly McManus, Math, Martin Luther King, Jr. MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags ” academic conversations, close reading, critical thinking, integers, literacy, Math, metacognitive “think alouds, Middle School, rational numbers, real-world application | Permalink | Comments Off

Using Google Maps to Explore Food Deserts

January 31, 2018 – 1:13 pm

Katelyn Gardepe, Fifth Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, Food Deserts, Food Insecurity, Food Secure, Fourth Grade Health, Hunger, Malnutrition, Math, Metric Conversions, Numbers in Base Ten, place value, social issues | Permalink | Comments Off

Immigration and the Mathematical Mind

January 31, 2018 – 1:10 pm

Jimi’ E. Rogers, Kindergarten, Nations Ford ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Analyze, attributes, categorization, collect, DACA, data, Elementary School, emigrate, Immigration, immigration policy, interpret, Math, pose, represent | Permalink | Comments Off

Wealth Inequality

January 31, 2018 – 1:07 pm

Jeffrey Barnes, Math, Rocky River HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Appreciate, Asset, base, compound interest, exponential functions, growth/decay factor, High School, Income, increasing/decreasing intervals, Inequality, Math, principal, rate, transformations, Wealth, x-intercept, y-intercept | Permalink | Comments Off

How Did My Favorite Pair of Shoes Come on the Market?

January 31, 2018 – 1:03 pm

Emiko Furuya, Fifth Grade, Waddell Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags cheap labor, child labor, data, Math, Mathematics, Statistics, sweatshop | Permalink | Comments Off

Facts and Figures by Graphic Design

January 26, 2018 – 4:39 pm

Antowanna Carpenter, CTE/Business, Butler HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags adobe, desktop publishing, graphic design, High School, infographics, information graphics, multimedia, multimedia and webpage design, social issues, social research, statistical data | Permalink | Comments Off

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