National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2012 Annual Meeting and Exposition

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106- The Global Positioning System and Elementary Mathematics: Some Major Connections

Thursday, April 26, 2012: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
108 B (Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
James E. Schwartz

Handouts
  • Handout#1, Schwartz, Global Positioning System .pdf (976.8 kB)

    • The GPS is one of today's most high-tech systems. Although you all know what GPS devices can do, do you know how they work? Can you help children understand how they work? More important, can you use it to help children learn the required curriculum? Yes, yes, and yes will be your answers after you attend this presentation.

    Presentation Format: Preservice and In-Service Gallery Workshop
    Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 3 to 5

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