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Mathematics of Planet Earth Day
2013 has been designated by UNESCO as the international year of the Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE2013). By creating the program, organizers hope to highlight the contributions made by mathematics in tackling global problems, increase public engagement with mathematics, and world-class researchers in mathematics and other fields to solve some of the world's most challenging problems.
The initiative kicks off today with Mathematics of Planet Earth Day with a conference, exhibition, and public lecture in Paris. Portions of the event will be streamed online.
The Mathematics of Planet Earth's programming will focus on math's role in discovery (such as through planetary motions, geophysics, and meteorology), supporting life (such as through ecology and biodiversity), human organization (such as through resource management and energy use), and risk (such as through climate change, sustainability, and epidemics).
MPE2013's website includes public lectures, awareness events, and resources for teachers.
Check out some of the math-related resources Science NetLinks and Thinkfinity have to offer:
- Estimation and Measurement (K-2)
- A Matter of Pattern (K-2)
- Sampling Rocks (K-2)
- Shape Hunt (K-2)
- Bias Sampling (3-5)
- Measuring Cloud Cover (3-5)
- Shape It Up (3-5)
- Shapes at Work (3-5)
- What Can Data Tell Us? (3-5)
- Power Up! (3-8)
- The Fibonacci Sequence (6-8)
- Finding Satisfactory Solutions (6-8)
- Finding the Surface Area of Leaf (6-8)
- What's in a Graph? (6-8)
- Crack Dynamics (6-12)
- Dangerous Hail (6-12)
- Ping-Pong Avalanches (6-12)
- Predicting Earthquakes (6-12)
- The Dance of Chance (9-12)
- The Demographics of Mortality (9-12)
- First Class First? Using Data to Explore the Tragedy of the Titanic (9-12)
- Mathematical Proofs (9-12)
- Powers of Ten (9-12)
- Learning Math (Thinkfinity group)
