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Simulations in the Math

Why interactive spreadsheets?. Easy access for students and good tool for them to knowEasy for instructors to develop

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Simulations in the Math

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    1. Simulations in the Math/Science Classroom: Creating an Engaging Pedagogy with Excel! Scott A. Sinex Prince George’s Community College, Maryland Mark Clemente National Institute of Aerospace/Virginia Beach Public Schools

    2. Why interactive spreadsheets? Easy access for students and good tool for them to know Easy for instructors to develop – see Developer’s Guide to Excelets Creates an engaging pedagogy

    3. …more why? Addresses topics conceptually, while camouflaging mathematics Students have to think: predict – test - analyze Allows for mathematical modeling and studying errors More science process Mathematics resurfaces!!!!

    9. Excelets …. Interactive concept exploration Supports Mathematicians' “Rule of Four” Mathematical modeling Error analysis Supports national standards in mathematics, sciences, and technology

    13. The “How to” resources...

    14. Excelets developed by high school teachers… Hampton Roads Modeling and Simulation Initiative http://modsim.wikispaces.com/Math+and+Science+Lessons Exercises developed by Computation and Science Teachers (CAST) Workshop http://www.psc.edu/eot/k12/cast.php (see previous years)

    15. More info... Scott Sinex – ssinex@pgcc.edu http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex Mark Clemente – mark.clemente@nianet.org Webpages embedded in PowerPoint – get LiveWeb (http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm)

    16. Resources Computational Resources by Maryland Virtual High School http://mvhs.shodor.org/CAST2008 Introduction to Computational Science Angela B. Shiflet and George W. Shiflet http://wofford-ecs.org/IntroComputationalScience Supercomputing Conference Education Program Wiki http://sc08edprogk12.wikispaces.com/

    17. Data analysis Graphing with Excel – LabWrite http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gt-menu.html Using Excel for Handling, Graphing, and Analyzing Scientific Data:  A Resource for Science and Mathematics Students http://academic.pgcc.edu/psc/Excel_booklet.pdf

    18. Data sets Quantitative Environmental Learning Project (QELP) as Excel files http://seattlecentral.edu/qelp/Data.html Exploring Data – datasets as Excel files http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/datasets.htm

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