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2011e.00404 Pfaff, Thomas J. Educating about sustainability while enhancing calculus. PRIMUS, Probl. Resour. Issues Math. Undergrad. Stud. 21, No. 4, 338-350 (2011). 2011 Taylor \& Francis, Philadelphia, PA EN D35 M15 calculus environmental education sustainable development mathematical applications spreadsheets teaching methods college mathematics

doi:10.1080/10511970903226426

http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/10511970903226426

Summary: We give an overview of why it is important to include sustainability in mathematics classes and provide specific examples of how to do this for a calculus class. We illustrate that when students use "Excel" to fit curves to real data, fundamentally important questions about sustainability become calculus questions about those curves. (Contains 5 figures.) (ERIC)