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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: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 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 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 1 collection contains 10 real-world math activities that demonstrate everyday applications of mathematics. From Credit Card Balance Transfers to comparing Low Interest or Cash Back, the activities provide learners with valuable life skills in addition to mathematical understanding. Rest assured that e
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Applied Math, PreCalculus
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: Periodic and Piecewise 2 - 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 Periodic & Piecewise II collection contains 10 real-world math activities that demonstrate everyday applications of mathematics. From Airports and Angles: Using the Law of Cosines and Law of Sines to Meteorology: Working with Sinusoidal Models, the activities provide learners with valuable life skills in addition to mathematical understandi
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
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: 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: 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: Cell Phone Plan Pricing - Investigating 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 model
- Evaluate a function at a given value from an equation or graph
- Use numerical results to make informed consumer decisions
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Act
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Cooking Times: 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 a Common-Core-Standards-aligned activity built around a real-world context.
Focusing on these Common Core standards:
- F-IF.1
- F-IF.2
- F-IF.4
- F-IF.5
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 / flipp
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Living Longer - Using Exponential Function 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:
- Use regression to find an exponential model
- Interpret the meaning of the initial value and growth factor
- Solve an exponential equation with logarithms
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectiv
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Shopping Center Planning - Exponential and Linear 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:
- Find the growth factor of an exponential function from a table
- Create an exponential model for a data set algebraically
- Use regression to find a linear model
- Interpret the meaning of the slope of a linear function
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Custom Greeting Cards - 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 model
- Evaluate a function at a given value from an equation or graph
- Use numerical results to make informed consumer decisions
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Act
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Using the Body Mass Index Formula - Solving Equations
"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
- Solve linear and quadratic equations
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectives
- Cover, copyright, and letter from the author
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra, Algebra 2, PreCalculus
Make It Real: The Bank Pays You - Using Compound Interest
"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 compound interest formula
- Solve a power function equation using rational exponents
- Find the annual percentage yield for a given interest rate
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objective
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Low Interest or Cash Back - Using 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:
- Calculate the monthly payment from the annuity formula
- Solve an exponential equation with logarithms
- Evaluate an exponential function at a given value
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Objectiv
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra 2, Applied Math, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Changing Population - New York - Modeling with Quadratics
"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:
- Explain the relationship between rates of change and concavity
- Determine if a linear or quadratic function best fits a data set
- Use regression to find a quadratic model
- Find the vertex of a quadratic function algebraically
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math a
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra, Algebra 2, PreCalculus
Make It Real: Business Growth - USAA - Quadratic Function Modeling
"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 and analyze trends in rates of change
- Draw a scatter plot of a data set
- Use regression to find a quadratic model
- Evaluate a quadratic function
Download contains:
- One engaging real-world math activity (two pages)
- Worked-out solutions (two pages)
- Activity Obje
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Algebra, Algebra 2, PreCalculus
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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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