Transcript Making Math Matter

Making Math Matter
Darin Detwiler
[email protected]
Word of the day:
Smartologist (n):
“Someone who is really, really
smart and does something cool
with it.”
William Detwiler, at 8 years old
Outbreak
Food-borne pathogens
cause approximately
76 million illnesses,
325,000 hospitalizations and
5,000 deaths in the U.S.
each year.
CDC Data
BEEF RECALL:
143 Million Pounds
Westland/Hallmark
Meat Co.,
Chino, California.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pag
es/frontline/shows/meat/safe/
recalls.html
Farm to Table
From: E. coli O157:H7 A Potential
Health Concern
Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences, University of Florida. First
Published August 1998. Revised
October 2002.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS197
Arkansas State data
E.coli 0157:H7 Cases reported per year
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On-Line
“COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES REPORTS”
ARKANSAS:
20
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0
http://www.healthyarkansas.com/
data/pdf/reportable_disease.pdf
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SOURCE: CDC @ http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no04/04-0739-G1.htm
SOURCE: CDC @ http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no04/04-0739-G4.htm
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Images
from Labs &
Presentations
Images
from
Presentations
Making Math Matter
1) Let “Smartologists” grow
2) Let “Smartologists” play with math
3) Teach topics using math
4) Capture “Smartology” on video
Resources
FDA / NSTA Partnership in Food Science:
http://www.nsta.org/pd/fda.aspx/
Free FDA/NSTA curriculum "SCIENCE AND OUR FOOD SUPPLY,”
http://webserver1.grad.usda.gov/conferences/fda_nsta/request_form.php
“Food Safety: From Farm to Fork “ Grade: 5-7 Subjects:
Reading/Language Arts, Science, Mathematics
http://www.cfaitc.org/FoodSafety/pdf/FoodSafety.pdf
Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
Fight BAC! © : www.fightbac.org
Food and Drug Administration: www.foodsafety.gov
Food Detectives: www.fooddetectives.com
Resources
FoodSafe: [email protected]
MicrobeWorld: www.microbeworld.org
Gateway to Government Food Safety Information: www.foodsafety.gov
The FDA’s "Bad Bug Book“ http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
On-Line “COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTS”
ARKANSAS:
http://www.healthyarkansas.com/data/pdf/reportable_disease.pdf