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The Mathematician's Coloring Book (HiMAP)

The four-color theorem is introduced through maps, pictures, and worksheets, which explore the branch of mathematics ...

Decision Making & Math Models (HiMAP)

This unit discusses the mathematical models that help solve three common management problems. The unit works well wit...

A Uniform Approach to Rate and Ratio Problems (HiMAP)

A technique for solving rate and ratio problems, the Universal Rate Formula, is applied to a variety of mathematical ...

Explore Sorts (HiMAP)

Sorting algorithms are used by virtually every computer program. This module and companion Macintosh software examine...

The Abacus: Its History and Applications (HiMAP)

Critical mathematics concepts such as using word names, standard notation, and place value are brought to life when s...

Codes Galore (HiMAP)

Students use the recently developed mathematics of codes used to hide and compress data. HiMAP Module 18. HiMAP libr...

Fair Voting - Weighted Votes for Unequal Constituencies (HiMAP)

Students are challenged to use the mathematics of weighted voting to wrestle with important social issues such as how...

Optimality Pays: An Introduction to Linear Programming (HiMAP)

This module provides a history of linear programming and covers several business-management concepts including assign...

Regression Toward the Mean (UMAP)

Regression toward the mean is a phenomenon that is a natural by-product of less-than-perfect correlation between two ...

CO2 and Global Warming

Background Prior to the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere was consistently around 280...

The Need for Bees (and not just for honey)

Background Honeybees, along with a few other key animals, are critical to human existence on our planet. Along wi...

Polygon Paradise Park

Background A group of four friends want to go to Polygon Paradise Park next summer. Polygon Paradise Park is a sm...

Aboard! Boarding and Disembarking a Plane

Background In air transportation, efficiency is time and time is money. Even small delays in the schedules of passe...

Data Paralysis? Use Our Analysis!

Background Many companies view data as a strategic asset but acknowledge great difficulty deriving value from thi...

Forestry for Carbon Sequestration

Background Climate change presents a massive threat to life as we know it. To mitigate the effects of climate cha...

All for One and One (Space) for All!

Background Most of the world’s nations signed onto the United Nations’ Outer Space Treaty of 1967, agreeing that ...

Trading Strategies

Background Market traders buy and sell volatile assets frequently, with a goal to maximize their total return. Th...

Water and Hydroelectric Power Sharing

Background For centuries, people have constructed dams across rivers and streams to hold back water to create res...

Power Profile of a Cyclist

Background There are many types of bicycle road races including a criterium, a team time trial, and an individual...

Fungi

Background: The carbon cycle describes the process of the exchange of carbon throughout the geochemical cycle of the...

Fighting Wildfires

Background: The 2019-2020 fire season in Australia saw devastating wildfires in every state, with the worst impact i...

Confirming the Buzz about Hornets

Background: In September 2019, a colony of Vespa mandarinia (also known as the Asian giant hornet) was discovered on...

Checking the Pulse and Temperature of Higher Education

Background: What does it mean for a nation to have a healthy, sustainable higher education system? What issues matte...

Re-Optimizing Food Systems

Background: Recent events have shown us that our global food system is unstable even in the parts of the world that ...

The Influence of Music

Background: Music has been part of human societies since the beginning of time as an essential component of cultural...

Who is the Greatest? Maradona or Pelé? Biles or Khorkina?

Background: We read all the time in the sports pages about an athlete being called the G.O.A.T. - the Greatest Of Al...

Hot Dog Concession Stand

Background: During events at your school, students operate a concession stand to raise money in support of student a...

Dog Park

Background: Dog parks are becoming increasingly popular in the United States and Canada. The city of Calgary in Albe...

Storing the Sun

Background: Your team is helping to plan the use of solar power to provide electricity to a 1600 square-foot home be...

Tackling the Drought

Background: Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir on the Nevada-Arizona border, is the largest water reservoir in th...

Algebra: Language for a Changing World: Unit 1 Variables

What algebra is used by police to calculate speeding fines? Can algebra provide a useful tool in helping our environm...