The Lost Art of Finding Our Way by John Huth transports the reader to a time before GPS and Google Maps as it "puts us in the shoes, ships and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was, quite literally, a matter of life and death". The Harvard physicist's Primitive Navigation course included many practical skills as based on the history of wayfinding which relies on astronomy, meteorology, oceanography and ethnography. Math connections include:
California High School Math Teacher and Part-Time Rapper Jordan Orosco has created TikTok and YouTube channels both titled thatmathmagician to help students learn and remember Math through music. His playlist includes many Algebra Iand Geometrytopics to instruct while entertaining.
Precalculus can vary in topics and intensity from school to school and even classroom to classroom. For example, in this Blitzertextbook, just the Prerequisites take up 134 pages. It is an advantage to students if they know and understand this content as it is preparatory for Calculus courses for STEM and Business majors.
Starting next school year, AP Precalculus will be available in many high schools and will standardize the content as well as create opportunity for students to earn college credits.
