Math Modeling for High School Students

MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge, a program of SIAM, is a free contest for high school juniors and seniors in the U.S. and sixth form students in England and Wales. The Challenge is entirely Internet-based with no registration or participation fees. M3C offers resources for high school students and teachers, such as:

  • Handbooks
  • Videos
  • Technical computing advice
  • Practice problems and an archive of past problems and solutions

Resources for High School Students

This lesson focuses on ways that scientists identify and use data to understand ecological disturbance events using data from five public datasets. The main lesson focused on interpretation of figures, while optional coding extensions teach R skills.
data in the classroom, data interpretation, precipitation, stream discharge, Palmer Drought Severity Index, lidar, Ecological Disturbance, disturbance ecology, High School
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02.2018

Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication

Rebecca Orr, Ruth Buskirk, Kristin Harvey

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point v1.0

An expanded case study adapted from an HHMI Data Point on Cell Division and Cancer Risk using Figure 1 from Tomasetti, C. and Vogelstein, B. (2015).
cancer, Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, Scientific Methodology, biology of cells, cell growth and division, High School
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01.2018

Expanded Graphing Tutorial

Kiersten Nicole Newtoff, Cheryl Squair, Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond, Tamar Goulet

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Spreadsheet Data Analysis Tutorial Series v1.0

The tutorial has two approaches for teaching about graph building and choosing the appropriate graph for different data types, a scaffolding approach and a exploration approach which can be utilized depending on how you wish to use the resource.
Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, Scientific Methodology, High School
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01.2018

Cancer Discovery Activities

HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0

These two hands-on activities are based on a Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2013 Holiday Lectures on Science video (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cancer-genetic-disease-video-highlights) featuring researcher Dr. Charles L. Sawyers.
genetics, Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, organismal biology, neuroscience, genomics, cancer, genetic basis of disease, biology of cells, High School
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01.2018

Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point

HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0

Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.
Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, cancer, Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, Scientific Methodology, biology of cells, cell growth and division, High School
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01.2018

Coral Bleaching Mapping Activity

HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0

This is a classroom activity in which students use authentic data to assess the threat of coral bleaching around the world. It supports the 2014 Holiday Lectures on Science video featuring Dr. Stephen Palumbi.
ecology, Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, Biodiversity, climate, Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, ecosystems, earth and environment, human impacts, High School
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01.2018

Lizard Evolution Series Collection

HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0

The species of Anolis lizards of the Caribbean provide a living example of evolution and speciation.
genetics, Evolution, Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, behavior, organismal biology, Speciation, DNA, phylogeny and classification, High School
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01.2018
Field research on coral bleaching suggests possibilities for saving threatened reefs.
ecology, Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, Video, Biodiversity, climate, Animals, Scientific Process, Scientific Methodology, earth and environment, human impacts, scientists at work, diversity of organisms, High School
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01.2018

Spreadsheet Tutorial 5: Histogram

HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0

Generate a histogram using a variety of methods.
Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, Scientific Methodology, High School
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Generate a column or bar graph with standard error bars.
Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, Scientific Methodology, High School
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01.2018
Generate a table with autofill, and use absolute cell reference to calculate variance and standard deviation.
Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, Scientific Methodology, High School
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01.2018

Spreadsheet Data Analysis Tutorial Series

HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0

This series of self-paced tutorials show how to analyze data using a spreadsheet program.
Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, Scientific Process, Statistics and Math, Scientific Methodology, High School
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01.2018
This introduction to spreadsheet programs describes the basic organization of a worksheet, how to organize and format your data, how to perform simple mathematical calculations, how to use built-in mathematical functions, and how to select and...
Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, summary statistics, Scientific Process, Scientific Methodology, High School
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01.2018