Workshop 2: Modeling Functions and Linear Relations for Interdisciplinary Understanding – STEMTeaxchersPhx
Description: The benefit of understanding functional relationships between quantities crosses grade levels and content areas, and is useful in areas as diverse as describing school demographics to modeling physical systems. Unfortunately, introduction of the “function” concept is often delayed to an abstract treatment in later grades that is obscured by mathematical formalism.
During this workshop we will share activities to aid students in understanding mathematical functions as relationships between two quantities. Concrete, real-world samples of related quantities from a variety of functional types (beyond merely linear) will be represented using data tables, graphs, words, and ultimately formulas. Activities shared will begin with the foundational development of functions as relationships ( middle school grades) and span into increasingly sophisticated covariational reasoning necessary in STEM fields through high school and college.
Dates: June 24-27, 2024
Daily Schedule: 8:00 am-3:30 pm with 1 hour lunch break, 30 professional development hours
Location: Arizona State University – Tempe Campus
Hosted by:
ASU Department of Physics, Bateman Physical Science Building – Room PSH362
( Parking passes will be available. Modeling Workshops in Physics and Chemistry will be occurring simultaneously at the same site, as well the AMTA Summer conference)
Instructors: Christel Bruno ( STEM Specialist), Tracy Ryan (Middle School Math Specialist) and Kelli Warble (Math and Physics Modeling Workshop Leader).
Housing: TBD
For More Information/ Register:
Contact: Melissa Girmscheid
