Breakdown of Topics EDU 412-413

What is Mathematics? “A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns.   If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas” (Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology , p. 84)

Math Breakdown Algebra Arithmetic Statistics & Probability Geometry Functions Logic Graph Theory Trigonometry

According to Webster’s the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations

What is Science? Science is the concerted human effort to understand, or to understand better, the history of the natural world and how the natural world works, with observable physical evidence as the basis of that understanding. It is done through observation of natural phenomena, and/or through experimentation that tries to simulate natural processes under controlled conditions.

Science Breakdown Animals Environment Geology Cells Evolution Human Anatomy Pathogens Reproduction Genetics Plants Astronomy & Space Forces Atoms & Elements Bonding Phases of Matter Energy Reactions Equilibrium Atmospheric Science Electricity & Magnetism Gravity Momentum Waves Mechanics

According to Webster’s 1 : the state of knowing : knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding 2 a : a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study <the science of theology> b : something (as a sport or technique) that may be studied or learned like systematized knowledge <have it down to a science> 3 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method b : such knowledge or such a system of knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena : NATURAL SCIENCE 4 : a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws <culinary science>

Natural Science : any of the sciences (as physics, chemistry, or biology) that deal with matter, energy, and their interrelations and transformations or with objectively measurable phenomena

Is this classification best? Life processes and living things Materials and their properties Physical Processes Others...

Science Education Make a list of reasons why a pupil in Secondary School should be required to study science as a compulsory subject. Classify these reasons as Economic, Societal, Utilitarian, Aesthetic

Situational Analysis #1 Matthieu Leblanc is from Coaticook, and is in Level 4. He is the son of a dairy farmer, who has spent his life working on the farm. Having not completed much of his homework, Matthieu fails a test in Algebra. You call him in to discuss his work, and he asks you “Why do I need to know how to add and subtract polynomials?”

Situational Analysis #2 Manon Faucher’s mother is a PR officer for a local corporation. Manon’s preformance in Geometry has been poor, and her skills clearly lie in performance art. She loves drama, has started her own musical band and is distinctly expressive. During Parent-teacher night, Ms. Faucher wishes to know why Geometry should hold her daughter back from pursuing dramatic arts at Laval.