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We are colleagues focused on making math real:
<br /><br /><strong>Frank Wilson:</strong> <br />
I am an award-winning author and educator with more than 15 years of college-level teaching experience. I have written 7 college-level textbooks and more than 200 stand-alone learning activities used by learners worldwide. I have created student-empowered learning environments as a professor at the following institutions:<br />
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2005 - present<br />
- Green River Community College, 2000 - 2005<br />
- United States Air Force Academy, 1998 - 2000<br />
- Rio Salado College, 1997 - 1998<br />
- Brigham Young University, 1992 - 1994<br /><br /><br /><strong>Scott Adamson:</strong><br />
Scott is an award-winning professor who strives to help students develop mathematical reasoning and persistent problem solving as they make sense of big mathematical ideas. He structures the classroom environment so that students are afforded the opportunity to make sense of mathematics and strives to develop enthusiastic learners in the classroom.<br /><br />
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Residential Mathematics Faculty - Chandler, Arizona, 1998 – present<br />
- Research in Innovation in Mathematics and Science Education (RIMSE), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2008 – 2010
<br />- Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (CRESMET)
<br />- Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2007 – 2008 academic year
<br />- Chandler Unified School District, Secondary Mathematics Teacher Specialist - Chandler, Arizona, 1996 – 1998
<br />- Chandler High School, Mathematics Teacher - Chandler, Arizona, 1991 – 1998
<br />- Payson High School, Mathematics Teacher - Payson, Arizona, 1988 - 1991
<br />- Intel Corporation, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Summer Institute - Chandler, Arizona, Summers 1993 – 2001
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Make It Real: Calculus 1 - Activity Collection
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question.
The Make It Real Learning Calculus 1 collection contains 10 real-world math activities that demonstrate everyday applications of mathematics. From Growing Money to Movie Ticket Prices, the activities provide learners with valuable life skills in addition to mathematical understanding. Rest assured that each activity integrates real world information not just "real
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus
Make It Real: High School Students - Working with Rates of Change
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Find and evaluate the derivative of a polynomial
- Use technology to determine relative extrema
- Estimate an inflection point from a graph
- Calculate and interpret the meaning of rates of change
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Wind Chill Temperature - Using Calculus with Multivariable Funct.
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Evaluate a multivariable function at a given point
- Find and interpret the meaning of the first partial derivatives
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectives
- Cover, copyright, and letter from
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Growing Money - Using Partial Derivatives
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Find and evaluate the first partial derivatives of a multivariable function
- Interpret the practical meaning of partial derivatives
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectives
- Cover, copyright,
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Shipping Packages #2: Optimizing Functions with Calculus
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Create a graphical representation of a verbal description
- Create a volume equation and calculate its derivative
- Determine the box dimensions that minimize a volume function
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two page
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Infant Growth Rates: Using Derivatives
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Calculate the derivative of logarithmic and cubic functions
- Evaluate derivatives and interpret the meaning of the results
- Recognize the relationship between the slope of a graph and its derivative
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Shipping Packages: Optimizing Functions with Calculus
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Create a graphical representation of a verbal description
- Create a volume equation and calculate its derivative
- Determine the box dimensions that minimize a volume function
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two page
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Movie Ticket Prices - Using Calculus to Analyze Change
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Find, graph, and interpret the meaning of the derivative
- Shade the region representing the definite integral
- Calculate the area of a region represented by a definite integral
- Interpret the meaning of a definite integral
- Use an integral to find the average value of a functi
10th - 12th
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Living with AIDS - Working with Derivatives
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Interpret the practical meaning of the concavity of a graph
- Determine the sign of the first and second derivatives from a graph
- Find and evaluate the first and second derivatives of a quadratic function
- Estimate the derivative at a given value from a table
Download contains
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Shipping Packages #3: Optimizing Functions with Calculus
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Create a graphical representation of a verbal description
- Create a volume equation and calculate its derivative
- Determine the tube dimensions that maximize volume
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activ
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
Make It Real: Pre K - Grade 8 Students - Working with Rates of Change
"When am I ever going to use this?"
It is a question that has plagued math teachers for decades. Now you can answer the question with an activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these NCTM standards:
- Find and evaluate the derivative of a cubic function
- Use the derivative to determine the slope of a function
- Estimate the coordinates of an inflection point from a graph
- Find the coordinates of an inflection point from an equation
Download contains:
- One engaging real-worl
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Calculus, Math
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About the store
Experience
We are colleagues focused on making math real:
<br /><br /><strong>Frank Wilson:</strong> <br />
I am an award-winning author and educator with more than 15 years of college-level teaching experience. I have written 7 college-level textbooks and more than 200 stand-alone learning activities used by learners worldwide. I have created student-empowered learning environments as a professor at the following institutions:<br />
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2005 - present<br />
- Green River Community College, 2000 - 2005<br />
- United States Air Force Academy, 1998 - 2000<br />
- Rio Salado College, 1997 - 1998<br />
- Brigham Young University, 1992 - 1994<br /><br /><br /><strong>Scott Adamson:</strong><br />
Scott is an award-winning professor who strives to help students develop mathematical reasoning and persistent problem solving as they make sense of big mathematical ideas. He structures the classroom environment so that students are afforded the opportunity to make sense of mathematics and strives to develop enthusiastic learners in the classroom.<br /><br />
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Residential Mathematics Faculty - Chandler, Arizona, 1998 – present<br />
- Research in Innovation in Mathematics and Science Education (RIMSE), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2008 – 2010
<br />- Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (CRESMET)
<br />- Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2007 – 2008 academic year
<br />- Chandler Unified School District, Secondary Mathematics Teacher Specialist - Chandler, Arizona, 1996 – 1998
<br />- Chandler High School, Mathematics Teacher - Chandler, Arizona, 1991 – 1998
<br />- Payson High School, Mathematics Teacher - Payson, Arizona, 1988 - 1991
<br />- Intel Corporation, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Summer Institute - Chandler, Arizona, Summers 1993 – 2001
Teaching style
Our passion is helping mathematics students answer the question, "When am I ever going to use this?" By bringing interesting and engaging real world contexts into the classroom, we help students look at the world through a mathematical lens. When learners begin to see that mathematics is not an isolated subject in school but rather a powerful tool that can help them make smart decisions, they become motivated and empowered. The learning activities I create engage and empower students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
<strong>Frank:</strong><br />
- Textbook and Academic Authors Association TEXTY textbook excellence award, 2007, 2012<br />
- Green River Community College Make Their Day staff award, 2005 <br />
- Faculty Excellence Award, Green River Community College, 2001<br />
- Calculus Division Instructor of the Year, US Air Force Academy, 2000<br />
- Education and Training Manager of the Year, Luke Air Force Base, AZ, 1996<br /><br /><strong>Scott:</strong><br />
- American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Teaching Excellence Award, 2007<br />
- Maricopa Institute of Learning Fellow, 2001-2002<br />
- American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges INPUT Award - Maricopa Mathematics Modules, 2000<br />
- Intel Innovations in Education Award, 1998<br />
- Phoenix Suns Outstanding Arizona Educator, 1997<br />
- Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, State Finalis
My own education history
<strong>Frank:</strong><br />
- Ph.D. candidate, Business Admin., Northcentral University, 2012<br />
- M.S. Mathematics, Brigham Young University, 1994<br />
- B.S. Mathematics, Brigham Young University, 1992<br /><br /><strong>Scott:</strong><br />
- Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction–Mathematics Education from Arizona State University.<br />
- B.S. and M.A.T. in Mathematics Education from Northern Arizona University<br />
Additional biographical information
<strong>Frank:</strong><br />
- Husband and father of six children.<br />
- Resident of Arizona<br /><br /><strong>Scott:</strong><br />
- Husband and father of four children.<br />
- Resident of Arizona<br />
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