Spring 2009 Courses

Dr. Susan Cooper
Department of Mathematics
University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Office: Avery Hall, Room 338
Email: scooper4@math.unl.edu
Phone: (402) 472-7253
Fax: (402) 472-8466

Math 807T: Using Mathematics to Understand Our World

Course Materials:

• Course Syllabus
  
• Workshop Materials
  
• Project 1: Measuring Temperature & Newton's Law of Cooling - "Description"; "What to Hand In" Sheet; Coffee Experiment Data; Pound Cake Experiment Data
  
• Project 2: Using Body Temperature to Estimate Time Since Death - "Description"; "Analysis of Algorithms in Actual cases", an article by L. Nokes; "What to Hand In" Sheet
  
• Project 3: Containing Infectious Diseases - "Description"; "Reading Guide" for the Smallpox Report; "What to Hand In" Sheet
  
• Project 4: Can You Save Tom's Marriage? - "Description"; "What to Hand In" Sheet
  
• Project 5: Building Up Savings And Debt - "Description"; "Have we caught your interest?", an article by J. Webb; "What to Hand In" Sheet
  
• Project 6: Making and Using Childhood Growth Charts - "Description"; "Reading Guide" for the 2000 CDC Growth Charts Report; CDC Report; "What to Hand In" Sheet
  
• End-Of-Course Assignment
  
• Teaching & Learning Project
  
• Reflection Assignment
  

Some Other Links of Interest:

• Math in the Middle Institute Partnership
  
• My.UNL (Blackboard)
  
• University Expectations - An Orientation for Freshmen Students at John Hopkin's University (by Dr. Zucker)
  
• The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
  
• The American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  
• The Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
  
• The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)
  
• The Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (CUMC)