The workshop is free, but if you plan to attened, please register online at: http://tinyurl.com/Fall-2017-NWMI

Location:

Lynnwood High School

18218 North Road
Bothell, WA 98012

Click here for driving directions to Lynnwood High School

Questions? Email Joyce Frost at: frostjoycee@gmail.com

Program Schedule

8:30-9:00 Registration, Pastries and Social Time

9:00--12:00: Morning Sessions

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch*

1:00 - 4:00 Afternoon Sessions

Registration and Breakfast treats – 8:30 – 9:00 am

Morning Session – 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Art Mabbott: Triangular Numbers (60)
With a simple set of moves you can reach a state of equilibrium in a decomposition of any triangular number – very cool!

Carla Parker: Lab Gear: Algebra Tiles That Make Sense (60)
Created by curriculum developer, puzzler, author and thinker Henri Picciotti, Lab Gear are manipulatives that offer deeper conceptual understanding to strong students as well as increased sense-making for struggling students. We will explore integer arithmetic, distributive law with factoring, and solving equations.

Joyce Frost: Paper Fold Tangrams, Then Unfold the Math (45): Tangrams are a great manipulative to visualize scaling and to create triangles, squares, trapezoids, rectangles, and parallelogram from 1-7 tangram pieces.

No host lunch at a restaurant nearby – 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Afternoon session – 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Clint Chan: Don Helvie Tribute Problems (15)

Jim King: Fixed Points and Vanishing Points in Geometry (60)
Dilations and perspective drawing can produce pictures with figures shrinking to a point.  We will explore some examples that show some of the interesting geometry behind these two ways to make an object vanish.

Gabrielle Mathiesen Previewing the January Workshop: Scaling the Teaching Curve, I Can See for Tiles and Tiles (15 minutes): Hear about a
 PCMI Teacher Leadership Program Weekend Experience in Tacoma.

Ashli Black: Instructional Routines (60)
Why use routines in mathematics instruction? How can they benefit students, teachers, and support the learning goals of the classroom? Learn more about instructional routines to support the learning of all students and get a look at the new OER 6-8 curriculum from Illustrative Mathematics.

Local Hosts: Clint Chan, Joyce Frost