International seminar:

The workshop will take place on November 26th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in classroom 0.1 of the Arenals building, and will be taught by professors Vinodh K. Chellamuthu and Sazib Hasan, from UtahTech University, in Saint George (Utah, USA), with which the UMH has signed a collaboration agreement for the exchange of students and professors. We believe that it is a great opportunity to learn about alternative activities to introduce basic concepts of statistics: probabilities, estimates, populations, etc. The workshop will be taught in English accessible to all levels.

Since the number of places is limited, we ask you to fill out the form found in the following link in order to control the capacity and have the necessary material:
Link to the registration form

2-Hour Workshop for Teacher Education Majors:

• Mark-Recapture Method with Plastic Lizards: This hands-on activity introduces the Mark-Recapture Method, a widely used ecological technique for estimating wildlife population sizes, using plastic lizards in a simulated environment. By marking, releasing, and recapturing lizards, participants will explore key concepts such as sampling, randomness, and population estimation, making abstract modeling concepts more accessible and engaging for learners.
• Modeling Infectious Diseases through Real-Time Simulations: In this activity, students will simulate the spread of an infectious disease using the probability dynamics of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Infected players “transmit” the disease to susceptible players through wins, allowing students to track and model the progression of an outbreak over several rounds. This interactive approach introduces probability, randomness, and the exponential nature of disease outbreaks while exploring how interventions can alter the spread.