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About Shake, Rattle & Roll

Shake, Rattle & Roll, an installment in The Actuarial Foundation's "Expect the Unexpected With Math®" series, is designed to provide teachers and students with math literacy-based materials that meet NCTM standards and are in alignment with core middle school curriculum. This skill-building program provides lesson plans, activities, and other teaching resources while incorporating and applying actuaries’ natural mathematics expertise in real world situations, namely disasters.

Shake, Rattle & Roll demonstrates some significant benefits for your classroom:

  1. Educate students about the impact of math upon the economy and our daily lives.
  2. Educate students about how events far away may have an impact on each of us in the future.
  3. Math is a factor in the ability to navigate through life.
  4. Introduce the actuarial profession to teachers and students in an interesting and relevant manner through lesson plans.


ACTUARIES:
Download a copy and present it to a classroom or school in your area!

Watch a short video of actuaries describing their experience with teaching Shake, Rattle & Roll. Windows Media Player

 

About "Expect the Unexpected With Math®"

Developed by The Actuarial Foundation, the free printable math lessons and worksheets in the "Expect the Unexpected With Math®" series provide skill-building activities that use mathematics for real purposes, while motivating students to achieve success in the classroom and in real-world situations outside of school.

Other installments in the "Expect the Unexpected With Math®" series:

 

 

 

Shake, Rattle & Roll

 

 

 

TEACHERS!
Contact the Foundation at asa@actfnd.org to have an actuary to present this program to your classroom.