Session Title:
The Mathematics of Toxic Air Emissions

Session Description: 

In this session, participants will be led through an in-depth exploration of teaching mathematics for social justice. To begin, participants will learn background knowledge to support their understanding of teaching mathematics for social justice, including how this approach supports BIPOC students’ learning of mathematics content. Afterward, participants will engage in an activity using mathematics to explore, understand, and respond to a social justice issue. For a deeper understanding of this pedagogical approach, participants will analyze the features of the social justice mathematics task using several instructional and curricular frameworks. By the end of the session, participants will be prepared with the basics of teaching mathematics for social justice and encouraged to design and implement their own tasks with students.