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Firefighters To Make Math Demonstration To Pacific High Students

2010-05-05

SAN BERNARDINO - About 100 students from Pacific High School will receive a hands-on math lesson in real-world applications for algebra from firefighters in San Bernardino.

The event will be held from 7:30-11:45 a.m. on May 13 at Pacific, which is located at 1020 Pacific St. in San Bernardino.

The classroom demonstration is called "Fighting Fires with Algebra." Tom Rubio of the San Bernardino City Fire Department will demonstrate how California's seventh-grade algebra and Functions Standard 1.2 is used in firefighting.

The activity involves using math to find the correct engine pressure to compensate for friction loss from different fire hose lengths, composition, nozzles and outlets.

The program is coordinated through the San Bernardino City Fire Department, the City Professional Firefighters and the County Superintendent of Schools' Alliance for Education program.

The Alliance for Education is a partnership with business/labor/community leaders to develop and demonstrate authentic applications of math found in the workplace to students in the classroom or at the business/industry sites.

For more information on the demonstration, contact Kim Terry with the Alliance for Education at (909) 386-2636.