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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: Investing in Entertainment - Using Linear Programming
"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 system of linear inequalities from a verbal description
- Graph the solution region of a system of linear inequalities
- Solve a linear programming problem
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activit
8th - 10th
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied Math
Make It Real: Owning Part of a Clothing Company - Using Linear Programming
"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 system of linear inequalities from a verbal description
- Graph the solution region of a system of linear inequalities
- Solve a linear programming problem
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activit
8th - 10th
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied Math
Make It Real: Investing in Fast Food - Using Linear Programming
"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 system of linear inequalities from a verbal description
- Graph the solution region of a system of linear inequalities
- Solve a linear programming problem
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activit
8th - 10th
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied Math
Make It Real: Thinking Like a Business Owner: Using Linear Programming
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these Common Core standards:
- A-CED.1
- A-CED.2
- A-CED.3
- A-REI.6
- A-REI.10
- A-REI.11
- A-REI.12
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cover.
Grade Levels Targeted: Hi
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied Math
Make It Real: Home Floorplans: Working with Scale Drawings
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on this Common Core standard:
- 7.G.1
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cover.
Grade Level Targeted: 7
Great for inverted / flipped classrooms!
7th
Applied Math, Geometry, Math
Make It Real: Using Resources Wisely - Investigating Linear Programming
"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 linear programming problem from a verbal description
- Graph the feasible region of a linear programming problem
- Find the corner points of a solution region
- Solve a linear programming problem
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Wo
8th - 10th
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied Math
Make It Real: The Cost of Entertainment - Working with Piecewise Functions
"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 and graph a piecewise function from a verbal description
- Evaluate a piecewise function at a given value
- Use numerical results to make informed consumer decisions
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
-
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Sound Waves: Working with Sinusoidal Models
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these Common Core standards:
- A-SSE.1
- A-CED.2
- A-REI.11
- F-IF.4
- F-IF.5
- F-IF.7
- F-BF.1
- F-BF.3
- F-LE.5
- F-TF.5
- F-TF.7
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cov
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Airports and Angles: Using the Law of Cosines and Law of Sines
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these Common Core standards:
- G-SRT.11
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cover.
Grade Levels Targeted: High School
Great for inverted / flipped classrooms!
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Retail Market Analysis - Working with Rational Functions
"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:
- Use regression to find a quadratic model
- Create a rational function
- Determine the practical domain for a function
- Evaluate a rational function at a given value
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activi
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Flight Headings: Using the Law of Cosines and Law of Sines
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on this Common Core standard:
- G-SRT.11
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cover.
Grade Levels Targeted: High School
Great for inverted / flipped classrooms!
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Slicing Foods: Working with Cross Sections
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these Common Core standards:
- 7.G.3
- G-GMD.4
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cover.
Grade Levels Targeted: 7, High School
Great for inverted / flipped classrooms!
7th - 12th
Applied Math, Geometry, Math
Make It Real: Social Security Concerns - Using Regression and Rational Functions
"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:
- Use regression to find linear and quadratic models
- Create and graph a rational function model
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectives
- Cover, copyright, and letter from the author
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
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: Europe Population - Using Quadratic and Cubic Models
"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:
- Determine which function type best fits a data set
- Use regression to find quadratic and cubic function models
- Graph polynomial functions
- Calculate first and second differences of a data set
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Kinds of Candy Bars - Working with Sets
"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 Venn diagram to represent a data set
- Find the intersection and union of a group of sets
- Find the complement of a set
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectives
- Cover, copyright, an
9th - 11th
Math, Statistics
Make It Real: Shopping on a Budget: Working with Linear Inequalities
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these Common Core standards:
- CED.3
- A-REI.10
- A-REI.11
- A-REI.12
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cover.
Grade Levels Targeted: High School
Great for inverted /
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied Math
Make It Real: Credit Card Balance Transfer - Working with Financial Formulas
"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:
- Use the present value of an annuity formula
- Solve exponential equations with logarithms
- Interpret graphs of functions
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectives
- Cover, copyright, and letter
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Scale Model Toys: Working with Scale and Scale Drawings
"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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on this Common Core standard:
- 7.G.1
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Getting started, copyright, and cover.
Grade Level Targeted: 7
Great for inverted / flipped classrooms!
7th
Applied Math, Geometry, Math
Make It Real: Using Resources Wisely 2 - Investigating Linear Programming
"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 linear programming problem from a verbal description
- Graph the feasible region of a linear programming problem
- Find the corner points of a solution region
- Solve a linear programming problem
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Wo
8th - 10th
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied 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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