Discrete Mathematics Summary

Monday - Friday, July 4 - 8, 2005

During the week, the group continued to attend the Allman/Rhodes course during the first hour. Today, the group worked on homework problems during the second hour.

Day 7
Elizabeth Allman, one of the lecturers, met with us during the second hour and went over a couple of problems in detail with us.

Day 8
During the second hour we discussed possible projects. These included

• Creating a resource guide for teachers connecting mathematics and biology
• Creating an activity based on mutations of some of the letters of a paragraph - using software.
• Creating a lesson based on basic phylogenetic trees - without software.
• Creating an activity based on other parts of the Allman/Rhodes book
• Doing something with probability and biology
• Doing something with difference equations

Day 9
During the second hour we split up into groups to work on projects

• Two of us will be working on creating a resource guide for teachers connecting mathematics and biology
• Six of us will be taking ideas from the course and creating lessons that emphasize concepts with some relatively easy examples – that don’t require sophisticated technology.
• Three of us will be taking ideas from the course and creating lessons that emphasize concepts with some examples that are enhanced with technology.

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