Today, the needs of society for people with math and science skills are even more acute. The explosion of data brought on by the Internet means we need people to design and use systems for gathering, managing and making sense of all of that information. Math algorithms are essential to so much of what we do.
Yet elementary school students are still intimidated by science and math, and, among college students, while about one-third of them major in science, engineering and math, many of those focus on the social sciences. Only about 1% of bachelors degrees are awarded in math and 3% are awarded in computer science, according to the National Science Foundation.
That’s not enough. We need more people with math and computer science skills if our economy is to remain globally competitive.
It’s incumbent on leaders in industry, government and academia to make the case for math. We have to draw direct connections between math skills and the good they can do in the world–by helping us improve health care, transportation, power distribution, energy exploration and many other fields.
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Note: Only non-graphing calculators are allowed.
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Why school?
Because education pays!
Why Math? Here is one good reason.
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Do you need a graphing calculator? It's free here. TI-83 Plus
Downloading the Free TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator
2. Find the “downloads” drop down menu and select “SDK”
3. Click ”download” next to the TI-83 plus graphing calculator.
4. Click on the arrow (  ) that says “TI-83 Plus SDK” 
5. Click “save” and it will then save the “83psdk_setup” to your desktop.
6. Click on the desktop icon to complete the installation process.
7. Once the installation process in completed you will have an icon on your desktop that looks like this:
8. Click on the “TI-83 Plus Flash Debugger” icon and you will get this:
9. You will then click on the white paper icon to open the program.
10. Choose the calculator that you want to use and click “OK.”
11. You will then hit the arrow that looks like a play button on a DVD player.
12. You will then have a fully functioning TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator! Enjoy!
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