Upcoming Webinar: Statistics for Action: Using Environmental Data for Meaningful Mathematics in Your Classroom

Submitted by Brooke Istas on Wed, 07/23/2014 - 18:25
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Hello All! 

On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. EDT, LINCS will host a webinar with special guests Selene Gonzalez- Carrillo and Martha Merson.  They will be introducing the Math and Numeracy and Science Community to ways to use readily available environmental data in math and science lessons for adults at the pre-ASE and ASE Levels. 

Let’s discuss ways to give our students hands-on experience in interpreting graphs, comparing amounts, using rations, and finding percent increases.  Or, if you have questions for our guests please post them here – both before and after this presentation!

For more information about this webinar, see:  http://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-748

Resource URL:  http://sfa.terc.edu/

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Greetings! Selene and I will be hosting the webinar on using environmental data in the adult ed classroom (Tuesday July 29, 2:30 EST). We have both worked with adults in community and classroom settings and are looking forward to sharing resources from the Statistics for Action project with you. 

During the past six years of the project, we have run workshops on reading soil test results from a remediated site, examined water quality reports, used graphs about pesticide residue, challenged ourselves and learners with problems about risk and exposure, and more. Statistics for Action has a 10 minute video with a former coworker of Selene's describing the fight to turn a Superfund site into a park. Check it out if you want to hear an inspiring story. See sfa.terc.edu, then choose Video Resources from the menu tab, All Materials. Scroll down a bit to see Community Stories.

We plan to have time for Q and A during the webinar and will field questions here as well. 

Martha Merson

Hello everyone,

For those of you who were unable to catch the webinar, you can access a recording of the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjVlbtsChs&feature=youtu.be. After you watch the webinar, we invite you to continue the conversation in this thread with our guest presenters: Selene Gonzalez-Carrillo and Martha Merson.

Best regards,

The LINCS Community Team

Good Morning LINCS Community!

After a relaxing weekend Statistics for Action [SFA] is back and eager to get our discussion board going.  As we mentioned during the Webinar last week, our website houses all our free online materials which get students to practice science and math around real life examples. 

We invite you to take 15 minutes today to explore the website and we challenge you to ask us a question.  We also would like to remind you that there is a short survey you can take online.  As a token of our appreciation you will receive a $40 dollar gift card for reviewing the website.

This short survey can be found in the right hand side of the About Us page under ‘Review SFA Resources.’ If you have trouble finding it or if you have other questions, remember that you have our undivided attention.

Selene Gonzalez Carrillo

Selene,

Wow, what a great opportunity for educators in the field.  I LOVE the SFA website, it is easy to maneuver and find activities.  The lessons are well thought out and the students really enjoy the activities in the classroom.  I have had several students tell me that it helps them see why knowing math is so important in their lives - even beyond just obtaining their GED.  Thank you for holding this webinar.  

If you use these resources in the classroom please let us all know how the activity or activities went and any other feedback.  It would great to discuss this wonderful resource.

Best,

Brooke 

Hi, 

During the webinar we asked participants if you they've ever tried to explain a water report or clean up report to someone. Most hadn't. Document literacy spans all subject areas. And SfA has many ideas (see First Look at Technical Documents) for how to get a group started decoding a complicated looking page. You can also read the story of what happened when Selene and I did a workshop on tap water quality in the Chicago area. It's a good story. http://sfa.terc.edu/about/pubs.html

I am also curious to hear whether teachers, you can imagine inviting an environmental organizer to present or co-present with you on environmental science related to a local issue. Organizers can answer questions, get people inspired, and they need you to reach people who aren't always in the loop about health risks from proposals (is the Keystone Pipeline coming to your neighborhood? Fracking? What's in the river where people are fishing?).

Martha

P.S. The $40 gift card offer is good through August 14.