April 4, 2009
Topic: global warming news - Teaching global warming through math - University Daily Kansan
The department of mathematics at the University of Kansas is taking an active role in global warming and climate change by educating students through workshops, speakers and a math competition. Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, chairperson of Math Awareness Month and mathematics professor, said math is used as a basis for solving the issues of climate change and in particular, global warming
. Dorn said plans for the workshop are still in development, but they would have other projects for students to participate in this month. Kerrie Brecheisen, administrative associate in the department of mathematics, said all of the visiting students were given five questions and had 40 minutes to answer them. Brecheisen said Lynne Yengulalp, graduate student, will do a presentation showing students how two opposite points on the globe will have the same temperature at a particular time. Otherwise I think math is extremely important and people need to understand how it is used to solve all kinds of problems in life.
. Dorn said plans for the workshop are still in development, but they would have other projects for students to participate in this month. Kerrie Brecheisen, administrative associate in the department of mathematics, said all of the visiting students were given five questions and had 40 minutes to answer them. Brecheisen said Lynne Yengulalp, graduate student, will do a presentation showing students how two opposite points on the globe will have the same temperature at a particular time. Otherwise I think math is extremely important and people need to understand how it is used to solve all kinds of problems in life.
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