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Climate_book_preview_2024_02_08.pdfOverview
Overview
This edited collection, in press for the AMS/MAA Classroom Resource Materials Series, will provide realistic and easy-to-implement problems and modules that apply core mathematical concepts from precalculus, college algebra, calculus, linear algebra, differential equations and more to problems in climate science. The purpose of this collection is to lower the barriers to finding and implementing high-quality climate application problems, allowing many mathematics instructors to bring climate-related topics into the classroom.
The scope of applications is broad, encompassing topics in the series of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. These include but are not limited to physical changes to the Earth system, the effects on ecosystems and biodiversity, extreme weather, human vulnerability, and supporting sustainable development.
Click the book preview to the left to see the table of contants, introduction, and index of the book. We anticipate the book will become available late summer 2026.
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Meet the Editors
Meet the Editors
Events
Events
Drop-in consultations: Zoom
Drop-in consultations: Zoom
Are you pondering ideas or questions about, or how to implement something in the book? We would love to discuss them with you - email us to set up a time to meet.
We will be at SIAM MPE26 in Cleveland, Ohio for a minisymposium "Curriculum Materials for Embedding Climate into the College Math Classroom (Part I and Part II)." Eight speakers will share their experiences using climate applications in mathematics classrooms, with many using materials they further developed into problems or chapters that are in the book.
We hosted a workshop "Exploring how climate applications tie to the undergraduate curriculum" to provide hands-on experience in applying undergraduate mathematics towards understanding components of Earth’s climate. Students and instructors of all academic backgrounds investigated Earth’s temperature using algebra, differential equations, or data using scaffolded exercises.
You can find slides here and worksheets / solutions here.
We convened at SIAM MPE24 in Portland, Oregon for a minisymposium "Connecting climate to the undergraduate curriculum (Part I and Part II)." Six speakers shared their experiences using climate applications in mathematics classrooms. In addition, participants brainstormed their own application problems.
You can find slides here.
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