At Lockheed Martin, I worked in the FBM Avionics department to understand the current systems and processes related to QNOTE closures. I was able to meet a myriad of engineers, technicians and other LM members who allowed me to see a glimpse of their work experience.
The normal curve model (density curve) is a topic in statistics that is very vital to understand, to be able to succeed in grasping the concepts of probability models, which is a heavy focus in the AP statistics course.
In the Dynamic Design Lab at Stanford, their self-driving race cars collect over 8000 pieces of data every second which comes to almost 1,000,000 pieces of data per lap on the track.
This two to three day lesson allow a students to create a hypothesis on what makes a good Algebra student, then analyze data in order to see if their hypothesis holds.
The CHARM lab at Stanford studies haptic devices (devices that give people tactile sensory feedback) and how these devices can be used to enhance learning. The goal of this fellowship is to create a lesson plan that enhances student learning using a particular haptic device.
As the math department head and coach, I coach all the math teachers and lead professional development at my school. In addition to this role, I also teach tutoring internship classes. For these classes, I teach high school students how to tutor a group of focus students within a math class.