Students completed an in-class activity “Observing and Doing”

Given that mathematics is “the study of abstract patterns and relationships”, it is obviously a natural tool for scientific study, which is focused on patterns.

Required Readings:
The readings are available on Canvas. They cover much of the same material from a historical, practical, and summary perspective.

• Chapter on Logarithms by Stewart
• Excerpt from Guesstimation by Weinstein
• Exponents and logarithms (Schaum’s Outline summary)

Optional Reading: Judge Jones’ ruling in the Dover Science Education Case (2005)

Useful handouts:

Online quiz: Science & Mathematics Quiz (Due 19 January)