PS-Future modules are designed to provide 4-6 days of high school classroom activities that engage students in using mathematical and computational methods to explore topics in sustainability.
The Modules:
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Are student-centered, activity-driven, and problem-based to appeal to today’s students who favor active learning paradigms
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Incorporate the use of computer applications to encourage hands-on experimentation
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Are self-contained text and problem material covering roughly one week of class meetings of 40-50 minutes each
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Consist of a Student Module and a Teacher Guide
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Include an associated “teaser” or mini-module covering just one portion of the full module to allow insertion into an already crowded curriculum
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Provide examples of related jobs and career opportunities
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Allow flexible adaptation for use in a variety of courses (not just math or computer science) at a variety of grade levels (9-12)
Passive Solar Building Design engages students in designing energy-efficient buildings that use math to determine how long to make window overhangs and what percentage of the south-facing wall to make glass in order to let in (or keep out) the sun as needed.
Weather Generators introduces students to notions of statistical patterns in weather and the critical link between weather, the water cycle, and global sustainability.
Published modules are modules that we consider to be "classroom ready" and in their final form (though they may be revised periodically through new editions). Published modules have gone through extensive field testing in high school classrooms and have been honed and edited in response to that testing.
The PS-Future project does not yet have any published modules, but if you would like to review or field test one of the modules when it is available please contact us.