As students, we know that familiar feeling of sitting in a math classroom and not seeing how what we're learning relates to real life. Math modeling allows you to understand and appreciate how math applies in our everyday world, while honing your skills. It's likely that you're going to use and need math modeling many times in your life. understanding how, why, and where it works will not only be an interesting adventure, but also prepare you to apply math in the real world!

Plus, as you'll see this week, math modeling is a cornerstone for most STEM fields today. We'll delve into Ecology, Transportation, and Machine learning with math modeling approaches throughout the week. You might get excited for some of these STEM fields as well!