Morning Shorts 8:20-8:30 morning presentations

Math Content Class: Sums and Differences class notes
by Bowen Kerins, Ben Sinwell (PROMYS), and Brian Hopkins
    Week 1 || Week 2 || Day 9  PDF files
    Day 10 || Day 11 || Day 12 || Day 13 || Day 14 PDF files
    TI-89 Notes on Algebra  || TI-89 Notes on Taylor Series  text files

Reflection on Practice Class:
Resources

1. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School - the required reading
2. The video of keynote speaker Judith A. Ramaley at NCTM in San Antonio
3. A Review of Research on Teacher Preparation
4. Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment
5. The Mathematical Education of Teachers

1. June 30: Is a Teacher a Mathematician?
       View PowerPoint Presentation or download it.
       PCMI Discussion
2. July 1-3: Farmer Jack
       View PowerPoint Presentation or download it.
       PCMI Problem
       Debriefing Notes MS Word
3. July 7-8: Car Boat Problem
       Participant Solutions
       Car-Boat-Questions.doc MS Word
       PCMI Problem
4. July 9-10: Research Questions
       Research_Questions.docMS Word
5. July 11 & 14: Research Question Reports
       Reports (password required)

Afternoon and Evening Activities:

1. Kite Notes - Art Mabbott
2. Conway Pencil Model Workshop - Charlie Schwartz
3. Straw Polyhedra - Charlie Schwartz
4. Origami - Peg Cagle, Art Mabbott, David Kapolka
5. The Real Hyperbolic Plane - David Wright
6. Tensegrity - Charlie Schwartz
7. Probability Simulations - David Kapolka
8. Fourth Counting Formula - Brian Hopkins [download RTF (text) file]

Other Activities:

1. Celebrating Birthdays
2. The Math Forum Connection - Suzanne Alejandre
3. Assembling Tensegrity! - Parade Committee