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Northwest Mathematics Interaction Workshop

Finn Hill Junior High School
November 15, 2008 

Joycefrost
 

NEW! Links to some of the presentations (see below)

Date and time: 
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location:
Finn Hill Junior  High School
8040 North East 132nd Street 
Kirkland, WA 98034 

Room: TBA

Click here for directions to Finn Hill Junior High School.

Joyce Frost (jfrost@lwsd.org) is the local host and is happy to answer any questions about the workshop. The workshop is free, but we ask that you register by e-mailing Joyce Frost so that we know how many to expect.

 

Program Schedule

8:45-9:00 Check-in and refreshments

9:00-12:00 Morning Sessions

12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own

1:00--4:00 Afternoon Sessions

Program

Local Hosts: Joyce Frost and Joe Frost

  • Step Up to Calculus, John Wright, Highline School District

    • Share successes and challenges of a UW summer/MESA pre-calculus program to increase South Seattle HS minority participation in calculus. LINK to Presentation

  • Dimensions of Culture That Count in Math Classrooms, Roni Stein, Seattle Pacific University

    See how classroom dynamics and math instruction are impacted by underlying cultural dimensions such as authority, individual and group learning, gender, response to new ideas, and short and long-range thinking.

  • Powerful Sums! Bob Stein, California State University, San Bernardino, California

Explore the sum of the first integers, the first squares, and the first cubes, deriving each in several ways, and finding ways to visualize them.

  • Named and Notorious Primes: Joe Frost, University of Washington Medical Centers

Prime numbers are a foundation of number theory, with applications from elementary school to computer encryption. Did you know there are illegal, twin, cousin and, sexy primes? Who knew? LINK to Presentation

  • Nspiring Your Students Lynn Adsit, Lake Washington High School, Kirkland, WA.

Making connections between graphs, tables, equations, and contexts is often difficult for students. See how the TI Nspire will help support and bring out these connections.

  • Modeling Mathematics Using Geometer's Sketchpad Dave Goodwin, White Pass High School

Sketchpad can be a powerful tool for classroom demos and illustrating rich mathematical ideas throughout the curriculum. No wonder Sketchpad is "dynamic" software.

Details and Sign-Up

Contact Info: You may send email to the local host Joyce Frost (jfrost@lwsd.org) or send email to nwmi@math.washington.edu.

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