This document discusses the importance of teaching math and science in 21st century education. It argues that technology allows these subjects to be taught in more digital and technology-based ways, through experiments, blogs, videos, and podcasts. For example, one activity described has students measuring ingredients for a chemical reaction and recording a podcast about their findings. The document stresses that math and science are important for careers, everyday life, and developing skills like critical thinking. It concludes that integrating these subjects and hands-on learning provides pathways for students to explore STEM careers.

1. Math and Science
In 21st Century Education

2. Role in 21st Century Education
Technology and 21st Century Learning allows students to learn
mathematics and sciences from a more digitalized and technology
based form.

3. Definitions
• The ability to evaluate information based on its sources and the methods
used to generate it.
• Math in 21st Century Education
• Reason with numbers and other mathematical concepts
• Science in 21st Century Education
• Evaluate scientific arguments and apply conclusions

4. Example- Blowing Balloons
• Students will work in groups on this science experiment
• Students will use mathematic skills to measure 40 mL of water in a bottle
then to add a teaspoon of baking soda into bottle then stir
• The students then will group decided amount of lemon juice into the bottle
and quickly cover the top of the bottle with the balloon
• The group with the biggest balloon wins

5. Blogs
Students will work in groups to produce a blog on how they think
the experiment will turn out.

6. YouTube
Students will watch YouTube videos on the effects of baking soda
and lemon juice as well as the experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4meoFPPsaA
Students will also film their own experiment to put on YouTube

7. Podcasts
Students will record a podcast of their lab report

8. Pinterest
Students will then use Pinterest to look up other experiments using
baking soda

9. Additional Technology Overview
• Smart Board
• Introduction to units with relevant TedTalks
• Social Media
• Smart Phone Fridays
• Class YouTube
• peer-to-peer learning
• graded on performance
• Blogs
• promotes critical thinking
• involves non-science thinkers
• multidisciplinary
• STEM challenges by NASA

10. Why is math and science important?
• Studying and engaging students in math and science can benefit the economy
• Promote more jobs in America
• Science and math is used throughout daily life
• Diverse and well rounded individual
• Creativity
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Collaboration

11. Conclusion
• Centers around the importance of learning science and math
• promotes choice of STEM career
• provides a pathway for students to DO.

12. Work Cited
• http://online.wsj.com/ad/article/mathscience-rising
• http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/alfie-kohn/stem-sell-are-
math-science-rea.html
• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/inflatingballoons.html
• http://www.edits.net/component/content/article/20/144-industry-
importance-of-math-and-science-in-education.html

13. Works Cited Continued
• http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/summer/NASASTEMchallenges/main/#.U2
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• Blanco, Harold. CI 350 at Marshall University.
• http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Math_Map.pdf
• http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/21stcskillsmap_science.pdf
• http://www.imls.gov/about/21st_century_skills_list.aspx

14. • “The nation that out-educates us today is going to
out-compete us tomorrow.”
-President Obama