Mathematical Modeling, taught by Ms. Durost, approaches math in a very different way than traditional classes where we focus on application and critical thinking to connect mathematics to real-world situations. The course encourages collaboration and discussion, which allows us to learn from each other and approach problems with multiple strategies. We apply concepts from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics through modeling projects, simulations, and weekly challenge problems.
HiMCM is a team-based math competition where we work together to model a real-world problem using mathematics, and an all school assignment we compete in during B-term. In preparation for this 50 hour math challenge, we did a practice round of a past HiMCM prompt. My practice group, consisting of Charlotte and Olivia, decided to create an objective model for the best rollercoaster ranking. We created multiple equations and filtered data for our model, and wrote a 20 page report reviewing our strategies, methods, and execution. Take a look at it!
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Modeling the Future is a team-based challenge where we work together to use math models to explore real-world issues. For the Modeling the Future Challenge (MTFC), my group—Charlotte, Olivia, Emmanuel, Ryan, and I—decided to focus on firefighter response time efficiency because of it's ability to directly save lives. Our approved proposal outlines the main challenges of this issue and three risk-mitigation strategies that we plan to model and test. To complete the proposal, we looked at existing solutions and potential issues with them, splitting up the work and reviewing it as a group afterwards. Going forward, we will be analyzing data and speaking with fire fighters to incorporate real-world insight. Feel free to look through our proposal!
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