In October of 2014, Alpena Public Schools was awarded a State of Michigan Department of Education Integration Grant. The purpose of this grant is to incorporate Michigan Merit Curriculum (MMC) into Career and Technical Education programs.
We assembled a math team to follow the “Math-in-CTE” format created by the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education and create lessons for Welding, Auto, and Construction Trades. The goal of these lessons is to take the math that is embedded in the CTE program and enhance it. Students will rigor up their math skills without losing CTE content. Students who are successful at completing the lessons may have the opportunity to earn Algebra II credit, technical math credit, and/or articulated credit at Alpena Community College.
Break Even Point Chemical Applications Geometry in Agriscience pH in Agriculture Genetics and Probability Statistics Costs Compound Interest
Measurement FractionsUnderstanding Fractions Adding and Subtracting without mixed numbers Adding and Subtracting with mixed numbers Multiplying and Dividing Converting Decimals and Fractions Decimal FeetPercent Scale GeometryCircumference of a Circle Perimeter of a Square and Rectangle Area of a Rectangle and a Square Area of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Circles Surface Area Polygons Area IISquaring Volume Cost
Measurement Conversions Costs Brake Drums Piston Displacement Compression Ratio Horsepower and Tolerance Ohm's Law and Air Fuel Ratio
Measurement Scale Duty Cylce Geometry Squaring Volume Tolerance Costs and Materials
Counting Techniques Geometry in Visual Imaging Inverse Variation-File Resolution Mixture-Ink Making Ratio and Proportion Using Charts and Graphs Unit Conversion-Dimensional Analysis Cost
Kalamazoo RESA also created math lessons under the Integration Grant. The title of their project was “Delivering Michigan Merit Curriculum Algebra II Standards Through State Approved Engineering, Manufacturing and Industrial Technology (EMIT) Programs Utilizing the Collaborative Teaching Model”. View their work here.