The Math Modeling course is taught by Mrs. Burns. This course goes beyond the traditional high school mathematics curriculum by engaging students in open-ended problem-solving, computer simulations, and collaborative work. Students use a mathematical approach to model real-world situations through the application of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics.
The Epsilon School is an example of a math modeling project we worked on this year. For this project, I had the opportunity to work with Keira Reid and Daniel Shi in order to solve the issue of Epsilon School. In the school, there was a significant increase in the normal amount of incoming freshmen for the year. For this assignment, we had to decide the most beneficial way to distribute seven teachers among the nine departments. As a group, we took a very simple yet effective approach to determine where to distribute each of the seven new hires. Taking account of many variables, such as the number of courses each student took and student-teacher ratios, we were able to come up with a solid solution. To learn more about our approach, feel free to check out our slideshow presentation on the right!
Do you know what day of the week you were born on? Many people think that the day of the week you were born may reflect your personality. For this problem of the week, my group, which consisted of Matthew Smith, Maya Sushkin, and myself, developed a mathematical procedure to find out what day of the week any given birthdate lies on. Along with a written mathematical procedure, as an extension, we wrote a program in Java that determines the day of the week you were born when you enter your birthday as user input. On the left is the complete write-up for this project, so if you’re curious to learn more, feel free to scroll through!