CSM EDU MATH PATH PDF PROFESSIONAL

Liquid nitrogen can be used to simulate Mars chilling atmosphere, said Jones-Selden. The girls oohed and ahed as the balloon deflated and ice crystals formed inside. Spraying liquid nitrogen on a balloon filled with air, Jones-Selden demonstrated the effects of extreme cold on the atmosphere. Evangelina Cigno, a senior at Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf, and Raquel Flores, a junior at Patuxent High School in Lusby, attended Jones-Seldens astrophysics demonstration. The students were divided into groups according to their interests and sent off to explore career options. In trig or algebra class you say to yourself, When am I ever going to use this?, asked CSM Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert Farinelli during his remarks. Jones-Seldens message is the same message that each presenter tried to bring home to the young women attending the event : take math in high schooltake lots of math in high school. Now the deputy director of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA, Jones-Selden said it was her study of math all through high school that positioned her to hit the ground running when she decided that she wanted to be an engineer. When I was in high school I did not have a clue what I wanted to do when I graduated, said Felicia Jones-Selden, a presenter at this years Women + Math event hosted by CSM. ∻y giving these young women the opportunity to interact with successful women as well as connect with their peers of similar talents, they will see the vast area of career potentials out there for them, Poinsett added. We want to show these young women that doors can be opened for them, said Sandy Poinsett, a CSM professor of math who along with Stephanie McCaslin and Mary Bilmanis put together this years event.

CSM EDU MATH PATH PDF PROFESSIONAL

Women + Math, now in its fourth year, has become a successful formula to bring together professional women in careers that require math with female students in high school and sometimes middle school.

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