Urban Environmental Quality and Human Health: Conceiving a Sustainable Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.07.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Objectives
  2. Strategies
  3. Classroom Activities
  4. Appendix A - Implementing District Standards
  5. Appendix B - Glossary of Acronyms
  6. Appendix C - Useful Conversion Factors
  7. Appendix D - Graphic Organizer for Sources of Human Exposure
  8. Appendix E - Pesticides Problem Set
  9. Appendix F - Interpreting Tables and Graphs, 1 18
  10. Appendix G - Interpreting Tables and Graphs, 2 19
  11. Appendix H - Interpreting Tables and Graphs, 3
  12. Resources for teachers
  13. Governmental Sources for Pesticide Data
  14. Endnotes

Environmental Health Issues Meet Algebra

Nancy Rudolph

Published September 2008

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Appendix A - Implementing District Standards

Our district standards align with state standards, so the following is a list of State of Delaware Mathematics Standards that are addressed by this unit.

Content Standard 1 - Numeric Reasoning: Students will develop Numeric Reasoning and an understanding of Number and Operations by solving problems in which there is a need to represent and model real numbers verbally, physically, and symbolically; to explain the relationship between numbers; to determine the relative magnitude of real numbers; to use operations with understanding; and to select appropriate methods of calculations from among mental math, paper-and-pencil, calculators, or computers.

Content Standard 4 - Quantitative Reasoning: Students will develop Quantitative Reasoning and an understanding of Data Analysis and Probability by solving problems in which there is a need to collect, appropriately represent, and interpret data; to make inferences or predictions and to present convincing arguments; and to model mathematical situations to determine the probability.

Process Standard 7 - Communication: Students will develop their mathematical Communication ability by solving problems in which there is a need to obtain information from the real world through reading, listening and observing; to translate this information into mathematical language and symbols; to process this information mathematically; and to present results in written, oral, and visual formats. All students in grades K-12 will be able to:

  • Organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication
  • Communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others
  • Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others
  • Use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely.

Process Standard 8 - Connections: Students will develop mathematical Connections by solving problems in which there is a need to view mathematics as an integrated whole and to integrate mathematics with other disciplines, while allowing the flexibility to approach problems, from within and outside mathematics, in a variety of ways. All students in grades K-12 will be able to:

  • Recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas
  • Understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole
  • Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.

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