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Encouraging a love for Math and Science at home. What parents can do. Rebecca. I loved math in high school and I liked science I got my civil engineering degree from Georgia Tech in 2006 I worked for 2 engineering firms in Atlanta Now I teach Physics to high school students
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Encouraging a love for Math and Science at home What parents can do
Rebecca • I loved math in high school and I liked science • I got my civil engineering degree from Georgia Tech in 2006 • I worked for 2 engineering firms in Atlanta • Now I teach Physics to high school students • This is my first year teaching • I put a lot of thought into how to get my students to love science as much as I do • trieste13@gmail.com
lynda • My sons call me a geek • I love to ask questions • I graduated from Georgia Tech twice • My first career was in mechanical engineering • I taught elementary school science for several years • I am once again a mechanical engineer • I’ve been a parent to 2 high school students • We went through college applications!!
Fundamentals of Math and science • Science is all about curiosity • Math is the language of science • There are many ways to solve one problem • Science requires organization skills
Hurdles that we need to jump • Increase student curiosity • Empower students in math • Explore open-ended questions • Teach students to organize information in order to analyze it • Allow students to discover • Make math and science relevant and fun • Break stereotypes
What parents can do • Foster curiosity • Ask questions to which you don’t know the answer. • Why and How are good starters. • Ex: Why do we bake with cream of tartar? • Perform experiments and research with your daughter. • Bake 2 batches of cookies; one with cream of tartar, one without. • Do not answer questions, keep asking them questions until they can figure out the answer themselves.
What parents can do • Empower them in math and science • Again, DO NOT ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, keep asking questions until they can answer it themselves. • Look for patterns and trends in everyday life; point them out and discuss them. • Ex: Weather and seasonal patterns • Ex: Traffic light timing and how it affects traffic • Look for relationships between objects and ideas • Point out anomalies in trends, i.e. hot days in the fall • Make family night math-oriented. • Double (or half) a recipe • Plant a geometric garden • Play Monopoly
What parents can do • Explore open-ended questions • Ask questions that don’t have a clear-cut answer. • Create a safe environment for your daughter to ask and answer questions. • No question of curiosity is a dumb one. • When a child answers a question as honestly as she can, she is doing so based on her current knowledge and understanding. Therefore no answer is wrong b/c it is built from her limited world of knowledge. • Organize and analyze • When asking questions, remind your daughter of any previous experience that would help her answer it.
What parents can do • Allow them to discover • Experiment and research! • Make it relevant and fun • Math and science is in EVERYTHING. Look for them in your daughter’s hobbies and interests. • Ex: Musical instruments involve energy, material properties, molecular interactions, chords with mathematical relations, etc. • Break stereotypes • Introduce (in person and through research) your daughter to female engineers, scientists, and mathematicians. • Remember that you can be a geek and a girl at the same time!
