We invite you to attend the session, "Environmental Science for Mathematics Students". We will hear about wonderful ways of educating your students about mathematics using environmental issues or perhaps educating your students about environmental issues through mathematics. MathFest 2024, 7-10 August 2024, in Indianapolis, IN.
Title: Environmental Science for Mathematics Students
Abstract: Sustainability of our world and resources is one of the largest issues facing humanity. Environmental Mathematics serves to help understand many of the systems and critical features needed to analyze intervention strategies. Many professionals have found new and innovative ways to bring this topic to their students and we want to hear about it.
Sponsors:
SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics (SIGMAA EM)
Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP)
Abstracts due Monday, April 15, 2024
2. Business Meeting and keynote address
Keynote: Morgan Mickelson, Director of Sustainability for the City of Indianapolis titled: "Navigating Sustainability in Indianapolis"
Learn more about Thrive Indianapolis and the associated programs and policies resulting from the city's first sustainability and resilience plan.
3. Sustainability and Environmental Visual
Arts Exhibition
Friday, August 9, 6:15-7:45pm, JW Grand Ballroom 2
MathFest 2024, Indianapolis, IN
Sponsored by the Environmental Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America (SIGMAA EM).
To better understand sustainability or environmental topics, visualizations are often helpful - such as satellite imaging of the polar ice caps graphs of CO2 levels on Mauna Loa, the Recycle your attitude plastic water bottle sculpture, and the Crochet Coral Reefs collaboration. It is through art, photography, data visualizations, and other visual representations that people attempt to interpret and communicate the world and its largest challenges. As part of the SIGMAA EM business meeting, we will display visual works that communicate sustainability or environmental issues in a community or our world. We hope this showcase facilitates discussions between mathematicians and the creators of the environmental visualization/art pieces.
The Sustainability and Environmental Visual Arts Exhibition will be displayed on tables and may include, but is not limited to, paintings, prints, crafts, computer graphics, illustrations, sculpture and textiles. The size of 2D work is limited to 24" x 24" (61 cm x 61 cm), and the size of 3D works is limited to 16" (40.6 cm) on the largest side. Applicants can submit at most two pieces. Visual work created through collaborations are encouraged. Submissions must include sustainability and environmental content.
Participants will need to drop off and pick up their exhibition work or designate someone to drop off and pick up their work at MathFest 2024. Any unclaimed work after the exhibition will be donated. Participants are encouraged to participate in the exhibition in order to share their process and goals for the pieces with viewers throughout the SIGMAA EM meeting, which includes a keynote address by Morgan Mickelson, Director of Sustainability for the City of Indianapolis.
For more information and to enter your submission go to: https://forms.gle/iur3nFeXTpd6tcM8A by the June 1, 2024 deadline. You will need a Gmail account to use the Google Form. If you do not have one, please email Bronna Butler. Also, email Bronna regarding any questions.
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EM will be at JMM in Seattle, information coming soon!