2019 Festival: Math, Ice Cores, and Planet Earth (11:30am showing) | National Math Festival
Presenter and kids looking at an ice core sample

2019 Festival: Math, Ice Cores, and Planet Earth (11:30am showing)

Saturday May 4, 2019 from 11:30am - 12:15pm ET

Whatever your talents, and whatever your passions, you can use them to help our planet. This is especially true if you enjoy math. Come and see inside an ancient ice core, and find out about cool ways you can use math to understand our climate and to help keep Planet Earth healthy.

This presentation will be repeated from 12:45-1:30pm.

Room 207b, Level 2, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Age Level

8-10
11-13
14-18
18+

PRESENTED BY:

Dr. Mary Lou Zeeman

Dr. Mary Lou Zeeman uses mathematics within cross-disciplinary research communities to help understand sustainability, climate change, and protecting the health of the planet. Zeeman is a co-director of the Mathematics and Climate Research Network, a member of the executive council of the... Learn more