Math in Context
NCA Mathematics Resources

GOAL:  All students will increase their skills in applying math in a variety of curricular contexts.

[Art] [Astronomy] [AVC/Industrial Arts] [Biology] [Business] [Careers] [Chemistry] [Drama] [Drivers Education] [Earth Science] [English] [Environmental Science] [Family and Consumer Science] 
 [Foreign Language] [Health ] [History & Social Studies]
[Industrial Arts] [Library]  [Math] [Music] [Physics] [Psychology] [Science] [Sociology] [Special Education] [Sports/Physical Education] [Technology]

Math in the Area Vocational Center (AVC)/Industrial Arts
  1. income tax
  2. paycheck information
  3. budgets
  4. interest rates
  5. wages/hours worked
  6. fund raisers
  7. checking account info - reconciling bank accounts, keeping a check book register
  8. production of products
  9. measurement
  10. estimating cost of materials for products
  11. calculating amount of material and supplies needed
  12. finding profit margin
  13. quantity production of catering orders
  14. temperature variations and their effect on materials
  15. calculating the volume of concrete needed
  16. calculating area in square feet/ volume in cubic feet
  17. using fractions on a ruler/tape measure
  18. slope used to find the pitch of a roof
  19. geometry used in construction
  20. automotive measurement of auto engines/parts
  21. CAD - measurements and  geometry in drawings

Web sites to supplement these ideas


Math in Business and Industrial Technology
  1. Recording and graphing timed writing scores-determining gross words per minute
  2. Interpretation of periodical graphs used in business-how figures graphs can be manipulated
  3. Keeping grades daily
  4. Weighted grades
  5. Determine and adjust resolution of digital images
  6. $10,000 Christmas shopping list using a spreadsheet
  7. Electronic circuit calculations
  8. Percentages converted to decimals—compare
  9. Credit Union and Heartland interest rate & time
  10. Budgets-personal
  11. Savings/loans—interest, credit
  12. Checkbooks
  13. Graphs, charts
  14. Statistics
  15. Paychecks-% raises, cost of living, inflation
  16. Profit margins
  17. Pricing-unit costs
  18. Grades delivered in the form of paychecks—They must earn enough to pay for an apartment. Students keep a register of the checks.

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in Driver Education
  1. Miles per hour=distance + speed time
  2. Miles per gallon=gas mileage
  3. Distance and speed=stopping distance
  4. Accident articles=graphs for types of accidents (age, vehicle, location, # of people), graphs for insurance statistics

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in English
  1. Selling ads-$
  2. Measuring
  3. Ad space
  4. Percentages
  5. Timed writings
  6. Reading statistical info
  7. Calculate # of pages read
  8. Grades
  9. Word count estimation
  10. count-sort
  11. MLA measurements - document set-up on Wor

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in Fine Arts
  1. Marching band formations
  2. Rhythm
  3. Measurement—rulers, grids
  4. Time measurement—timeline
  5. Composition, proportion
  6. Reading rhythms=fractions/division of beats, counting
  7. Size of instruments=come in 1/8, ¼, ½, ¾, 4/4
  8. Fractions—use to teach note values

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in Foreign Language
  1. Converting currencies
  2. Calculating times-with time differences
  3. Converting to metric/measuring
  4. #’s in English
  5. Temperature
  6. Calendar
  7. Timed writings
  8. Percentages

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in Health/Physical Education
  1. Target heart rate
  2. 1st Aid/CPR ratios
  3. Weight lifting
  4. Archery
  5. Fitness for life
  6. Scoring for basketball, football, tennis, badminton, activities, (batting averages, % of shooting, target heart rate)
  7. Calculate percentage of individual maximum lift and utilize for individual repetition level

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in History/Social Studies
  1. Charts
  2. Bar Graphs
  3. Mileage in maps
  4. Statistics
  5. Figuring their grades
  6. Timelines
  7. Checking Account
  8. Taxes
  9. Stock market
  10. Jeopardy Review-score keepers
  11. Conversion rates for currency
  12. Latitude, longitude, climate
  13. Stats as primary sources-casualties, war costs, etc
  14. Graphs-reading, analyzing, etc.
  15. Budgets
  16. Election/poll result
  17. Population
  18. Density
  19. Basic explanations or descriptions of math
  20. Explanations of years, decades, centuries, etc.

Web sites to supplement these ideas

 

Math in Home Economics
  1. Quilting-figuring out fabric measurements
  2. Foods-recipes/calories
  3. Consumer Ed-stocks/bonds, checkbooks, taxes
  4. Measurement in foods and clothing lab—grocery ads
  5. "Road Trip" in Resource Management—plan a trip (budget, food costs, mileage)
  6. Look at statistics in Parenting
  7. Plan math lessons for preschool children in Child Care and Child Development
  8. Compare scores from newspaper

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in the Library
  1. # of classes using library
  2. # of students using library
  3. # of books checked out-in Dewey Decimal areas MATH

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Math in Math
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Lots of Math Links

 

Math in Science
  1. Graphs
  2. Conversions
  3. Measurement
  4. Data analysis
  5. Statistics
  6. Math applications
  7. Logical reasoning

Web sites to supplement these ideas
 

 

Math in Special Education
  1. Time sheets-hours worked
  2. Telling time/measurement-Home Ec, cooking
  3. Paychecks, pay stubs
  4. Income taxes
  5. Keeping track of percentage
  6. Counting words in Journal entries
  7. Logic/ restroom passes during quarter (2)

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