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Integrating Mathematics Principles in Cell Biology
Author(s) -
Lin Danielle,
Mimbs Debra,
West Lori
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.541.10
Subject(s) - social connectedness , mathematics education , focus (optics) , order (exchange) , mathematics , computer science , geometry , psychology , physics , optics , finance , economics , psychotherapist
Increasing integration of mathematics and biological concepts is an area of intense focus in education. Our goal is to develop a platform through which elementary mathematics and science instructors can collaborate with one another in order to demonstrate to their students the connectedness of the two disciplines. Our focus is to apply mathematics common core standards to biological phenomena. One strategy is to show how standards in geometry can be applied to cells. In order to do so, cells of various shapes were viewed under the microscope and then photographed. The images were incorporated into Geometer's sketchpad where perimeter, circumference, and/or area were determined based on the relative shape of the cell. Although this experiment was developed with elementary teachers in mind, we feel that extensions of this exercise would be well suited in secondary and higher education.