Tulsa Math Teachers' Circle Summertime Immersion Workshop 2018
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Amy Schachle,
Box Method,
Brandy Wiegers,
Harold Reiter,
KenKen,
Math Teachers' Circle,
Ozobot,
Painted Cube,
Prime Climb,
Prime Factorization,
Prime Numbers,
University of Tulsa,
Zometool
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I late had the privilege of attention the 2018 Summer Immersion Workshop for the Tulsa Math Teachers' Circle held at The University of Tulsa. This was my tertiary summertime to attend, as well as it was a smash every bit always. Here's a modest peek at what nosotros experienced during the calendar week every bit told through the pictures I took.
The sessions were led past times Dr. Harold Reiter from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Brandy Wiegers from Central Washington University, as well as Amy Schachle from the University of Tulsa.
Dr. Reiter kicked things off amongst an interesting interrogation stemming from the inwards a higher identify photo. Are the numbers getting bigger or smaller?
Then, nosotros jumped into a give-and-take of the expanse model for multiplication. Having used the "box method" every bit I usually telephone band it inwards my classroom for several years now, I was a fleck bored during this section. But, I could tell that this persuasion was novel to many of the teachers at the workshop.
We spent quite a fleck of fourth dimension exploring the painted cube problem. This is i of those famous problems that I have got oftentimes seen included inwards books as well as curriculum, but I don't intend I've ever genuinely laid downwards as well as solved the occupation myself.
We ended amongst a fun twist on cutting the painted cube to figure out how many cuts it would accept to cease upwards amongst 1 x 1 cubes.
Dr. Brandy Wiegers introduced us to some mathematical biology. My grouping REALLY struggled amongst this chore because nosotros got caught upwards inwards besides many specifics.
Next, nosotros looked at describing population dynamics mathematically.
I didn't acquire whatever pictures of the Oh Deer! activity because I was upwards as well as moving to a greater extent than or less spell pretending to live a deer, but I tin ship away state that it was a blast. If you're interested inwards learning to a greater extent than nigh this activity, it was adapted from Project Wild.
We returned to our seats for some noticing/wondering.
If you're non familiar amongst this chart, it's from here.
We were introduced to a new-to-me game called "Criss Cross." You tin ship away read to a greater extent than nigh the game inwards this PDF.
Dr. Brandy demonstrated how the game worked amongst a volunteer.
Then, nosotros were instructed to play inwards pairs as well as collect information every bit nosotros went. We had to collect information regarding how many vertices, edges, as well as faces were inwards the finished game as well as whether the start instrumentalist or instant instrumentalist won.
Our chore was to create upwards one's hear if the start instrumentalist or instant instrumentalist would win inwards a game amongst 101 vertices. Don't read the adjacent prototype besides carefully if yous don't desire to run across the answer!
Dr. Reiter introduced us to the concept of constituent tree puzzles. This puzzle was created past times i of the other teachers participating inwards the workshop. Each missive of the alphabet represents a distinct digit. The terminating branches stand upwards for prime numbers. Your chore is to create upwards one's hear the digit represented past times each variable.
We were encouraged to essay our hands at making our ain puzzles, as well as I had a lot of fun doing so. I volition live sharing those inwards a dissever post, though!
One affair I honey nigh our summertime immersion workshops is that nosotros are forced to movement to a greater extent than or less as well as locomote amongst dissimilar people each session. Each tabular array was labeled amongst the photograph of a mathematician. And, nosotros were assigned a dissimilar mathematician almost every session. I have got a style to locomote amongst the same modest grouping because I'm definitely on the shy side. So, it was expert to live forced out of my comfort zone as well as acquire to locomote amongst everyone.
For our adjacent activity, nosotros were given strips of newspaper that were 5 inches as well as 7 inches long.
Our start challenge amongst these strips was to figure out how to mensurate an detail that was just i inch long using solely the 5 as well as 7 inch strips.
The challenges progressed, bespeak us to mensurate something that was 2 inches long or 3 inches long. I was genuinely surprised past times the simplest solution to 2 inches because the method my encephalon concocted was definitely to a greater extent than complicated than it had to be.
This persuasion was thence extended to the famous occupation of using a 5 gallon as well as 7 gallon bucket to obtain just i gallon. I have got done this chore amongst my students before, thence it was interesting to run across it introduced a dissimilar way.
On the in conclusion hateful solar daytime of our 3 hateful solar daytime workshop, nosotros were given the lead a opportunity to solve a few KenKens. Then, nosotros were challenged to construct our own. This turned out to live a lot of fun. I had no occupation making one. I did have got trouble, however, solving the puzzle that I made because it turned out to live a fleck ambiguous. I had to add together some extra clues to arrive solveable.
We were each given a kenken mass of our ain to accept home. I received The Little Pink Book of KenKen (affiliate link).
Shaun was at the workshop every bit well, as well as he got to convey domicile a re-create of The Big, Bad Book of KenKen (affiliate link).
The entire grouping was mesmerized past times this prime publish nautical chart shared past times Dr. Reiter on the dorsum of his describe of piece of work organisation card. I got thence excited past times this chart, that I have got already typed upwards a giant version to hang inwards my novel classroom. It needs lots as well as lots of proofreading earlier I volition experience comfortable sharing my poster-sized version, though.
Not certain how to read this chart? Check out this website for an explanation every bit good every bit downloadable cards as well as bookmark templates.
I was super excited to acquire to experience an Ozobot (affiliate link) for the start time. If you're non familiar amongst Ozobot, they are code-following robots. You purpose colored markers to create paths for the robots to follow. Then, yous instruct the robots nigh what to create using dissimilar combinations of colors. I've seen them online a lot, but it was exciting to acquire to essay my manus at using one.
Our start chore was to calibrate our Ozobot past times placing it on the dark circle on this page.
After calibration, nosotros laid the ozobot downwards on a describe as well as watched to run across what happened. Our chore was to figure out what the dissimilar color combinations told the ozobot to do.
After figuring out some of the color combinations, nosotros were given newspaper as well as markers amongst instructions to essay out our ain color combinations to run across what happened. My tabular array learned pretty rapidly that the color segments have got to live curt or the ozobot won't follow them!
After figuring out some to a greater extent than combinations ourselves, nosotros were given a sail that contained all of the color combinations as well as what actions they stood for. It was super cool to live able to identify the Ozobot on this sail as well as sentinel it perform each action.
Now it was fourth dimension for our large challenge. With our group, nosotros had to construct a large rails for the Ozobot to follow that included 5 tricks, four turns, as well as 3 speed changes. Each somebody inwards the grouping had to construct i page of the track.
Here was my group's track. At the signal this photograph was taken, it was soundless a locomote inwards progress. :)
I had a lot of fun playing amongst the Ozobot, as well as I definitely run across potential for purpose inwards the classroom. I'm non certain I could justify the buy toll without having grant coin to buy them, though. I intend they would live to a greater extent than suited for a STEM elective course of pedagogy than my math classes, though.
Our in conclusion session of the workshop involved some other math-y tool that I've wanted to play amongst for years but never got a chance: Zometool (affiliate link).
We ended past times taking our Zometool creations exterior for some bubble-making adventures. Sadly, it was besides windy for it to work. :(
I promise yous enjoyed this modest peek into what a Math Teachers' Circle is like. You tin ship away detect out to a greater extent than as well as detect i (hopefully) nigh yous here.
The sessions were led past times Dr. Harold Reiter from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Brandy Wiegers from Central Washington University, as well as Amy Schachle from the University of Tulsa.
Dr. Reiter kicked things off amongst an interesting interrogation stemming from the inwards a higher identify photo. Are the numbers getting bigger or smaller?
Then, nosotros jumped into a give-and-take of the expanse model for multiplication. Having used the "box method" every bit I usually telephone band it inwards my classroom for several years now, I was a fleck bored during this section. But, I could tell that this persuasion was novel to many of the teachers at the workshop.
We spent quite a fleck of fourth dimension exploring the painted cube problem. This is i of those famous problems that I have got oftentimes seen included inwards books as well as curriculum, but I don't intend I've ever genuinely laid downwards as well as solved the occupation myself.
We ended amongst a fun twist on cutting the painted cube to figure out how many cuts it would accept to cease upwards amongst 1 x 1 cubes.
Dr. Brandy Wiegers introduced us to some mathematical biology. My grouping REALLY struggled amongst this chore because nosotros got caught upwards inwards besides many specifics.
Next, nosotros looked at describing population dynamics mathematically.
I didn't acquire whatever pictures of the Oh Deer! activity because I was upwards as well as moving to a greater extent than or less spell pretending to live a deer, but I tin ship away state that it was a blast. If you're interested inwards learning to a greater extent than nigh this activity, it was adapted from Project Wild.
We returned to our seats for some noticing/wondering.
If you're non familiar amongst this chart, it's from here.
We were introduced to a new-to-me game called "Criss Cross." You tin ship away read to a greater extent than nigh the game inwards this PDF.
Dr. Brandy demonstrated how the game worked amongst a volunteer.
Then, nosotros were instructed to play inwards pairs as well as collect information every bit nosotros went. We had to collect information regarding how many vertices, edges, as well as faces were inwards the finished game as well as whether the start instrumentalist or instant instrumentalist won.
Our chore was to create upwards one's hear if the start instrumentalist or instant instrumentalist would win inwards a game amongst 101 vertices. Don't read the adjacent prototype besides carefully if yous don't desire to run across the answer!
Dr. Reiter introduced us to the concept of constituent tree puzzles. This puzzle was created past times i of the other teachers participating inwards the workshop. Each missive of the alphabet represents a distinct digit. The terminating branches stand upwards for prime numbers. Your chore is to create upwards one's hear the digit represented past times each variable.
We were encouraged to essay our hands at making our ain puzzles, as well as I had a lot of fun doing so. I volition live sharing those inwards a dissever post, though!
One affair I honey nigh our summertime immersion workshops is that nosotros are forced to movement to a greater extent than or less as well as locomote amongst dissimilar people each session. Each tabular array was labeled amongst the photograph of a mathematician. And, nosotros were assigned a dissimilar mathematician almost every session. I have got a style to locomote amongst the same modest grouping because I'm definitely on the shy side. So, it was expert to live forced out of my comfort zone as well as acquire to locomote amongst everyone.
For our adjacent activity, nosotros were given strips of newspaper that were 5 inches as well as 7 inches long.
Our start challenge amongst these strips was to figure out how to mensurate an detail that was just i inch long using solely the 5 as well as 7 inch strips.
The challenges progressed, bespeak us to mensurate something that was 2 inches long or 3 inches long. I was genuinely surprised past times the simplest solution to 2 inches because the method my encephalon concocted was definitely to a greater extent than complicated than it had to be.
This persuasion was thence extended to the famous occupation of using a 5 gallon as well as 7 gallon bucket to obtain just i gallon. I have got done this chore amongst my students before, thence it was interesting to run across it introduced a dissimilar way.
On the in conclusion hateful solar daytime of our 3 hateful solar daytime workshop, nosotros were given the lead a opportunity to solve a few KenKens. Then, nosotros were challenged to construct our own. This turned out to live a lot of fun. I had no occupation making one. I did have got trouble, however, solving the puzzle that I made because it turned out to live a fleck ambiguous. I had to add together some extra clues to arrive solveable.
We were each given a kenken mass of our ain to accept home. I received The Little Pink Book of KenKen (affiliate link).
Shaun was at the workshop every bit well, as well as he got to convey domicile a re-create of The Big, Bad Book of KenKen (affiliate link).
The entire grouping was mesmerized past times this prime publish nautical chart shared past times Dr. Reiter on the dorsum of his describe of piece of work organisation card. I got thence excited past times this chart, that I have got already typed upwards a giant version to hang inwards my novel classroom. It needs lots as well as lots of proofreading earlier I volition experience comfortable sharing my poster-sized version, though.
Not certain how to read this chart? Check out this website for an explanation every bit good every bit downloadable cards as well as bookmark templates.
I was super excited to acquire to experience an Ozobot (affiliate link) for the start time. If you're non familiar amongst Ozobot, they are code-following robots. You purpose colored markers to create paths for the robots to follow. Then, yous instruct the robots nigh what to create using dissimilar combinations of colors. I've seen them online a lot, but it was exciting to acquire to essay my manus at using one.
Our start chore was to calibrate our Ozobot past times placing it on the dark circle on this page.
After calibration, nosotros laid the ozobot downwards on a describe as well as watched to run across what happened. Our chore was to figure out what the dissimilar color combinations told the ozobot to do.
After figuring out some of the color combinations, nosotros were given newspaper as well as markers amongst instructions to essay out our ain color combinations to run across what happened. My tabular array learned pretty rapidly that the color segments have got to live curt or the ozobot won't follow them!
After figuring out some to a greater extent than combinations ourselves, nosotros were given a sail that contained all of the color combinations as well as what actions they stood for. It was super cool to live able to identify the Ozobot on this sail as well as sentinel it perform each action.
Now it was fourth dimension for our large challenge. With our group, nosotros had to construct a large rails for the Ozobot to follow that included 5 tricks, four turns, as well as 3 speed changes. Each somebody inwards the grouping had to construct i page of the track.
Here was my group's track. At the signal this photograph was taken, it was soundless a locomote inwards progress. :)
I had a lot of fun playing amongst the Ozobot, as well as I definitely run across potential for purpose inwards the classroom. I'm non certain I could justify the buy toll without having grant coin to buy them, though. I intend they would live to a greater extent than suited for a STEM elective course of pedagogy than my math classes, though.
Our in conclusion session of the workshop involved some other math-y tool that I've wanted to play amongst for years but never got a chance: Zometool (affiliate link).
We ended past times taking our Zometool creations exterior for some bubble-making adventures. Sadly, it was besides windy for it to work. :(
I promise yous enjoyed this modest peek into what a Math Teachers' Circle is like. You tin ship away detect out to a greater extent than as well as detect i (hopefully) nigh yous here.
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