STELLAR PBL MATH
Arizona, United States
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Hi! My name is Milton Johnson. I have taught high school math, physics and engineering classes for 25+ years in a Title 1 STEM school in Phoenix, Az. Integrating these STEM topics into my daily curriculum has been a mainstay in my classroom. My calculus class emphasizes an authentic, real-world context in helping students to develop a mathematical mindset, not just mastery of procedural algorithms. I want students to learn how we use math as a tool to address real-world questions. My students are 12th grade college-bound, who primarily choose STEM majors in college, such as engineering and medical/health related majors.
The store contains problem-based math lessons that I have developed for my honors calculus class over the years. I have chosen to emphasize PBL learning instead AP Calculus curriculum to support the learning experiences that I want my students to have.
Since this curriculum is relatively newly formatted for use outside my classroom, please report and questions or issues to me as soon as possible.
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01. How Fast Is Bob? Introduction to Derivatives (Sample Lesson- no links)
This is a lesson from Unit 1, which begins introducing the idea of distinguishing average velocity from instantaneous velocity. This leads into activities and discussions on derivatives and limits and their meanings.
11th - 12th
Calculus
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Hi! My name is Milton Johnson. I have taught high school math, physics and engineering classes for 25+ years in a Title 1 STEM school in Phoenix, Az. Integrating these STEM topics into my daily curriculum has been a mainstay in my classroom. My calculus class emphasizes an authentic, real-world context in helping students to develop a mathematical mindset, not just mastery of procedural algorithms. I want students to learn how we use math as a tool to address real-world questions. My students are 12th grade college-bound, who primarily choose STEM majors in college, such as engineering and medical/health related majors.
The store contains problem-based math lessons that I have developed for my honors calculus class over the years. I have chosen to emphasize PBL learning instead AP Calculus curriculum to support the learning experiences that I want my students to have.
Since this curriculum is relatively newly formatted for use outside my classroom, please report and questions or issues to me as soon as possible.
Thank you for visiting my page.
Teaching style
In my science and engineering classes I try to implement project based learning as much as possible. In calculus class I emphasize problem-based learning. This includes constructivism and inquiry-based learning. Rather than just skill building and mastery of text book problem solving. This approach helps to foster strong problem solving, critical thinking and differential learning in students.
My own education history
I was always 'good' at math through high school. But I found it to be boring much of the time. Too much rote memorizing and emphasize on skills mastery. There was very little application and understanding of how I might use what I was learning.
College math was much more challenging. In addition to being more difficult, it felt taught out of context. As a physics major, it was difficult to connect what I was learning in math classes to what I needed to use in physics classes.
Now as a teacher, I want to help my students see how these math tools might be used in real-world situations. We address the question- "How can we use math to address real questions"? We model real situations mathematically and then apply math tools in order to answer relevant questions.
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