Adrian Oldknow (University of Chichester, UK and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Geogebra as a vehicle for STEM
Adrian Oldknow
Professor Emeritus, University of Chichester, UK
Research Fellow, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
aoldknow@yahoo.co.uk
www.adrianoldknow.org.uk
Many countries now recognise the need to encourage more students to pursue careers involving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM/MST) – and hence to engage their interest while at school. One current UK example is the education programme around the Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car, due to attempt a new world land speed record of over 1000 mph (1600 kph) in Spring 2013: http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/. I will give examples of how various features of the latest version of Geogebra can be used to support STEM activities and to stimulate students and teachers. These include:
- analysis of data captured from video clips of objects in motion
- data captured from experiments using a variety of sensors
- mathematical modelling of dynamic processes
- geometry and algebra used to model aspects of photographs
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Educational implications for pedagogy and curriculum design will also be considered.
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