Squaring Matrices: Connecting Mathematics and Science

Autor/inn/en	Horton, Robert M.; Wiegert, Elaine M.; Marshall, Jeff C.
Titel	Squaring Matrices: Connecting Mathematics and Science
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teacher, 102 (2008) 2, S.102-106 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0025-5769
Schlagwörter	Animals; Matrices; Food; Interdisciplinary Approach; Ecology; Multiplication; High School Students; Secondary School Teachers; Mathematics Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Animal; Tier; Tiere; Matrizenrechnung; Lebensmittel; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ökologie; Multiplikation; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This article shows how a matrix can be used to represent a food chain and how the square of this matrix represents the indirect food sources for each animal in the chain. By exploring, through mathematics, the implications when the bottom of the food chain is destroyed, students will see an important connection between mathematics and science. (Contains 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10