Northwest Mathematics Interaction Workshop

Yakima Eisenhower High School
May 13, 2000

Date and time: May 13, 2000, 9:00 to 4:00

Local Hosts: Genoveva Cantu and Sandra Christie

Location:
Eisenhower High School
702 S. 40th Ave.
Yakima, WA 98908 

Reservations: Genoveva Cantu, avocet00@yahoo.com
Please make a reservation so we have enough handouts.
May Workshop Coordinator: Contact Karen Hall for additional information, Phone: (360) 666-5040
Email: khall@pacifier.com

Directions

From I-82, take the US HW 12 exit, which is another freeway. Then take the 40th Avenue exit and follow 40th Ave till you see Eisenhower High School on the right.
Click here for a map of Yakima with the location of Eisenhower High School.

Program Schedule

8:30 Registration

Program: 9:00 to 4:00

9:00 Coordinate Geometry - Karen
10:30 Triangles on Spheres - Art
12:00 Lunch on your own
1:00 Polyhedra - Joanne
2:00 Geometrical reflections - Jim
4:00 Wrap-up

(Clock hours available)

Program Description

Biographical information for presenters

Coordinate Geometry and Transformations - Karen Hall: We will use basis vectors to explore transformation matrices, including translations. Bring your graphing calculator.
Triangles on Spheres - Art Mabbott: Exploring the triangle sum conjecture (The sum of the angles in a triangle = 180) on the sphere. Does the TSC change when you change some of the rules?
Perking with Polyhedra - Joanne Robinson: This is an activity using swizzel-stick straws and string to make various polyhedra, including a pyramid of tetrahedra.
Geometrical reflections: It's all done with mirrors - James King: We will explore some examples of line reflection in plane geometry using physical mirrors and also with The Geometer's Sketchpad. The examples will include some geometrical problem-sovling and constructions as well as examination of symmetry in design.

Other details:

If you can not come for the entire day, come for the morning or afternoon.

Lunch will be on your own so bring a sack lunch to eat at the school or plan to eat at a nearby restaurant.