| The Mathematics
of the Dismal Swamp Project supports a team of professors from ECSU
to use research on The Great Dismal Swamp Project as a platform for
development of a mathematics education course that incorporates a
generic wetlands application. The focus of the project is to improve
pre-service math education students' understanding of the interdisciplinary
nature (includes biology, organisms and aquatic levels; chemistry;
geosciences, estuaries and swamp; and math, analysis of the data)
associated with earth systems science. Four new products will be developed,
which include the interdisciplinary approach for incorporating earth
systems science in the targeted mathematics education course. |
| During the first
year of the project a NOVA workshop was organized that involved over
60 college professors and administrators. As a result of the workshop
eight HBCU/MIs submitted proposals to NOVA and four were funded. Funds
from the Mathematics of The Great Dismal Swamp project were used to
conduct the NOVA workshop. |
| Five Mathematics,
geosciences, and mathematics education majors were provided with scholarships
through this program. These students worked with the principal investigator
to prototype the bookcover shown below. |
The book cover is available in Printable PDF format. The PDF file
is 1.2 megs so be aware of slow download times. The image is 13"x19".
This bookcover has been approved by the NASA Earth Science Enterprise
as a NASA educational product.
PDF
File (1.2 Megabytes)
Jpeg
File (500 Kilobytes)
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Contact:
Dr. Linda Bailey Hayden, PI
NASA Network Resources and Training Site
Elizabeth City State University
Box 672 1704 Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252/335-3696 voice
252/335-3790 fax
haydenl@mindspring.com
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| Sponsored
by:
NASA Earth Science Education Office NAG5-9372
MU-SPIN Office of Goddard Space Flight Center NCC5-533
Elizabeth City State University |
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