In this course, which is taught by Ms. Burns, we go past the traditional math curriculum by using problem solving skills, computer simulations, and working on many group projects. We use math to approach actual situations in the real-world with algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. We've done many projects throughout the course of this year, and while we aren't allowed to post all of them yet, I'll do my best to describe them.
MTFC, or the Modeling The Future Competition, is a competition that we all competed in this year. It's a competition where the participants must choose a problem that they then must mathematically model and provide a solution for. This competition has multiple phases. The first phase, which ended just before Christmas break, was the Scenario Phase. During this phase, we were simultaneously doing two "papers" at the same time. We had a certain set of questions we had to answer for both the topic that we chose (which was autonomous vehicle accidents) and a "practice" topic that was universally assigned (how global warming affects ski resorts). The paper that we wrote for this can be found below. Visit the MTFC website for more details!
Another group project that we did in MM was the Epsilon School project. This was a project where we were given a fictional school scenario and needed to come up with the best solution we could for the crisis that they were in. This issue was that there was a school that would soon receive a class with almost 150 more students than the previous years and they need to hire six more teachers. However, the school is not sure what departments the teachers should be assigned to. Our objective was to mathematically model this situation and decide where the teachers should go.