Increase in # of STEM related jobs demands more emphasis on STEM related education programs. STEM programs are a good fit for community college & university collaboration.
Cancer and Geometry Charity Manis, NSF Scholar, 2002-03 Mathematics & Science Center and The University of Virginia Developed with funding from the National Science Foundation (DGE0086320) Major Understanding Based on the present and past, cancer is very real. It touches families as well as individuals when they least expect it.
In this lesson, the engineering component is the students making the different polygons on the Geo-Boards, using the rulers to measure their areas and perimeters, and then comparing the results of making the different shapes and sizes of these polygons.