mea list

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Problem Title	Link	Summary	Notes
Amusement Park		Given a map of an amusement park, students are asked to design a schedule and divide visitor students into groups so that they can optimize their field trip visit.
Ancient Crocodile		Looking at the pictures, students compare the modern day animals with their prehistoric cousins. How do they think they are different? How are they the same?	NEW!
Bigfoot		By looking at any footprint, students must develop a method in order to find the height of the person.
Big Lawn Pays Off		Students must figure out how to be able to park as many cars as possible on a lawn while having enough room for cars to get out when the sports event is over.	NEW! This is a new case study that may not yet have been field tested and piloted in a classroom. Teachers are encouraged to use them with their students and to share their results with others here."
Caribou		Given aerial photographs of caribou herds, students are asked to develop a process for estimating population numbers.	NEW!
Historic Hotels		Students are asked to develop a mathematical model to maximize profit that can be calculated with a quadratic equation.
Labor Dispute		Students study the map of the Moreno Valley Trash Collection schedule. Students then figure out which areas they think have a bigger need for trash pick-up and how many workers they think are needed to pick up the trash in each district daily.	NEW! This is a new case study that may not yet have been field tested and piloted in a classroom. Teachers are encouraged to use them with their students and to share their results with others here."
Lawnmower		Given information on previous years, students must decide who to hire for a lawnmower business.
Meteorology Madness		Students are given weather maps for four days and are to predict what the fifth map should look like.	NEW! This is a new case study that may not yet have been field tested and piloted in a classroom. Teachers are encouraged to use them with their students and to share their results with others here."
Mini Golf		Students are asked to do a layout of a mini-golf course, given 18 designs and area constraints. Back to Top
On-Time Arrival		Students are asked to develop a ranking system to determine which airlines are more likely to arrive on-time.
Oregon “Rains” Supreme		Students are asked to determine the best way in deciding which is the wettest state on any given day. They must present a written plan giving their procedure for establishing which state should be named the rainiest state.	NEW!
Paper Airplanes		For a paper airplane contest, students are asked to develop a way to award the winners for: Most Accurate, Best Floater, Best Boomerang and Best Overall
Phone Plans		Students are asked to find the best phone plan for their household, given information of previous phone bills.
Quilt Problem		From a given quilt pattern, students are asked to draw the templates in order to make a quilt of specific dimensions. They are also required to explain their procedure in making the templates so that this method works with different quilt patterns and different dimensions.
Rush Popcorn Delivery		Given a street map, students are asked to design optimal routes for popcorn delivery. Back to Top
Snowflake		From a paper folding model used to form 8-sided snowflakes, students are asked to revise the model and develop one that can help them cut out 6-sided snowflakes.
Softball		Students are asked to develop a system that will make fair teams for girls playing softball. The information given for each player includes coaches’ comments, and measures for throw, batting, and run.
Summer Jobs		Given information on previous experience, students must decide who to hire for summer job positions.
Summer Reading		Students are asked to develop a fair rating system to award points to students participating in a summer reading program. Back to Top
Switch Problem		Paul would like to add at least one additional switch plate for the warehouse lighting. Once the diagram is complete, Paul can begin to actually work on the rewiring job
Thanksgiving Dinner		Students must develop a scheduling system so that the Thompson’s may eat on time, since they will be catered for their Thanksgiving dinner
Track & Field Camp		Students are asked to develop a system that will make fair teams for track and field teams
Volleyball		Students are asked to develop a system that will make fair teams for volleyball teams
Walking Works Wonders		Given information about walking plans and calories burned, students are asked to design a procedure for a health club to meet client's needs.	NEW!
Wind Chill		Students are to determine what the map for wind chill temperatures will look like.	NEW! This is a new case study that may not yet have been field tested and piloted in a classroom. Teachers are encouraged to use them with their students and to share their results with others here."
Winter Programs for Sale		Students are asked to predict the number of programs that need to be printed out for an international event where people from many countries and who speak different languages will attend.