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Welcome!Real World Math: Engaging Students
through Global Issues
Dave Wilton
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About Facing the Future
Seattle-based nonprofit founded in 1995
Interdisciplinary global issues and sustainability curriculum for K-12
Over 1.5 million students reached annually
All 50 U.S. states and over 100 countries
Professional development and consulting
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I’m Curious
I Have an Opinion
I Want to Share It
I Want to Be Involved
I Want Bring My Talents
to Bear
Using Math & Real World Data
to Develop Global Competence
Globally competent students must have the
knowledge and skills to:
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~ Anthony Jackson,
Asia Society VP of Education
Investigate the World
Weigh Perspectives
Communicate Ideas
Take Action
Apply Interdisciplinary
& Disciplinary Expertise
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“When Will I Ever Use This?”
Teachers requested:
Engaging „hook‟ activities
Un-manipulated, real world data
Purposeful mathematics skill
development
Acquisition of content knowledge
using meaningful issues
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Global Issues (Algebra + Geometry)
= Real World Math
Teacher‟s Guide & Student Workbook
15 NCTM aligned lessons
Students use 21st-century skillsCritical thinking
Collaboration
Global perspective
Multiple points of implementation:Hook activities at start of a unit
Reinforcement of learned concepts
Assessment of learning
Individual, small group, whole class
Searchable Database of
State Education Standards
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Aligned with Popular
U.S. Math Textbooks
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15 Engaging Lessons
1. Number Patterns: Waste & Recycling
2. Introduction to Algebra: Poverty & Microcredit
3. Modeling Integers: Population Growth
4. Solving Algebraic Equations: Food Choices
5. Data & Graphs: Youth Conflict
6. Number Theory: Consumption Choices
7. Rational Numbers: Financial Decisions
8. Proportion, Percent, & Probability: Global Health
9. Solving Inequalities: Carbon Emissions
10.Spatial Thinking: Solar Power
11.Area & Transformations: Wildlife Habitats
12.Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design
13.Linear Functions: Systems & Global Education
14.Midpoint & Distance Formulas: Resource Distribution
15.Data Analysis: Quality of Life
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Critical Thinking Questions:
What are historic and current recycling trends in the US?
What are the impacts of waste disposal?
What are ways to reduce impacts of US produced waste?
Lesson 1 Number Patterns: Waste & Recycling
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Lesson 1 Number Patterns: Waste & Recycling
Objectives:
Create expressions containing variables that represent
real world patterns
Explore patterns of US disposal and recycling
Use tables and graphs to organize data
Identify number patterns
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Lesson 1 Number Patterns: Waste & Recycling
Introductory Activity:
In small groups, answer these
questions about the items on
the next slide:
Where does it go after it’s used?
Can it be reused? If so, how?
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Lesson 1 Number Patterns: Waste & Recycling
Introductory Activity:
In small groups, answer these
questions about the items on
the next slide:
Where does it go after it’s used?
Can it be reused? If so, how?
Questions for the whole group:
Is it OK for all these to be landfilled?
How many plastic bottles do you use in a day?
How many are used in the U.S. in 5 minutes?
2 million
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Waste Not, Want Not
2. How many plastic bottles are used in 1 day24 mil. bottles per hour x 24 hours = 576 mil. bottles
3. If 1/3 are recycled daily, how many are not?2/3 x 576 = 384 mil. bottles OR 576 – (1/3 x 576)= 384 mil. bottles
4. 2 consequences of NOT recycling plastic bottles?
5. Create an equation to solve for number of bottles recycled for any number of hours where B=Bottles & H=Hours
B = H x 24 mil. bottles
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Waste Not, Want Not
6. Organize this data
into a line graph
7. Predict the number
of pounds per day
the average person
will discard in 2020
approx. 4.6 to 5.5 lbs
4.6
5.5
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8. All materials except plastics and
food scraps make up 76% of
our waste stream.
The % of plastics is the same
as the % of food scraps.
What % of our waste stream is
plastics?
(100% - 76%) / 2 = 12%
9. Recycling 4,050 20 oz. bottles
saves 1 cubic yard of landfill
space.
How many bottles need to be
recycled to save 50 cubic yards
of landfill space?
4,050 x 50 = 202,500
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Waste Not, Want Not
Discussion Questions
Is it important to recycle as much as we can?
What are other ways to reduce the amount of waste we
produce?
Where is the closest landfill to your house? What factors
influence their location? Would you want one near you?
Will the amount of waste generated per person in the U.S.
continue to increase?
What kinds of materials are recyclable in your community?
What are barriers to recycling and ways to overcome them?
Student Readings
1 page reading per
lesson
Connects a global
issue to its impacts
and possible
student actions
Referenced
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Additional Resources
Images retrieved from www.chrisjordan.com
Partial Zoom
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Iceberg ModelFor understanding root causes and
leverage points of global issues
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Additional Free Resources
Interdisciplinary
10 lessons
Correlated with state and
national science and
social studies standards
Explores the materials
economy and its 5 steps:
Extraction
Production
Distribution
Consumption
Disposal
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Unit Overview
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15 Engaging Lessons
1. Number Patterns: Waste & Recycling
2. Introduction to Algebra: Poverty & Microcredit
3. Modeling Integers: Population Growth
4. Solving Algebraic Equations: Food Choices
5. Data & Graphs: Youth Conflict
6. Number Theory: Consumption Choices
7. Rational Numbers: Financial Decisions
8. Proportion, Percent, & Probability: Global Health
9. Solving Inequalities: Carbon Emissions
10.Spatial Thinking: Solar Power
11.Area & Transformations: Wildlife Habitats
12.Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design
13.Linear Functions: Systems & Global Education
14.Midpoint & Distance Formulas: Resource Distribution
15.Data Analysis: Quality of Life
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Lesson 11Area & Transformations: Wildlife Habitat
Critical Thinking Questions:
What are ways to conserve and protect endangered
species?
How is environmental protection linked to the protection of
our livelihoods
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Objectives:
Use formulas to find the area of polygons
Transform figures on a coordinate plane
Analyze ways in which habitat size and location might
affect a species
Discuss ways to ensure species survival
Lesson 11Area & Transformations: Wildlife Habitat
Write one unique thing you are
able to do? (This should be something
that you are proud of and that not many
people are able to do.)
What would the world be like if no
one had these skills?
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Lesson 11Area & Transformations: Wildlife Habitat
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Community Learning
Center East
Catalyst for a school-
wide habitat project
Area & transformations
Perimeter of planting
area, area for weed cloth,
volume for mulch
Language Arts link:
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Community connections:
native plant nursery owner,
National Wildlife Steward,
Florida Native Plant Society
Showcase: tours for the
public, PPTs, local publicity
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“It wasn’t an add on, but just a replacement
of less effective materials.”
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rather than its victims.”
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