Brazos Valley Math Teachers' Circle

hosted by the

Department of Mathematics

Texas A&M University

The mission of a Math Teachers' Circle is to promote a culture of enjoyment of mathematics problem solving activities among middle and high school teachers with the expectation that they will take the activities and their enthusiasm back to their classrooms. The Brazos Valley Math Teachers' Circle hopes to provide this opportunity to the teachers in the Brazos Valley and provide them a forum where they can meet and discuss curriculum and classroom issues in a relaxed atmosphere.

For more information on math teachers' circles and sample activities, please visit the

National Math Teachers' Circle Network

Meetings:

Continuing Professional Education Credits will be given for 3 hours each evening.

September 22, 2008, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM,
Location: Room C211, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station TX
Agenda:
- Speaker: Dr. Philip Yasskin, TAMU, Topic: Conway's Rational Tangles
  Summary and Attachments
- Working Dinner
- Speaker: Caroline Jones, CSMS, Topic: Dandy Dollars
  Summary and Attachments
- Open Discussion
October 27, 2008, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM,
Location: Room C211, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station TX
Agenda:
- Speaker: David Manuel, TAMU, Topic: Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem
  Summary and Attachments
- Working Dinner
- Speaker: Jamie Bassett, AMCHS, Topic: Taxicab Geometry
  Summary and Attachments
- Open Discussion
November 10, 2008, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM,
Location: Room C211, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station TX
Agenda:
- Speaker: Dr. Mike Stecher, TAMU, Topic: Do you know what's on the UPC label?
  Summary and Attachments
- Working Dinner
- Speaker: Jason Wardlaw, Electrical Engineering, TAMU, Topic: Cryptography
  Summary and Attachments
- Open Discussion
February 2, 2009, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM,
Location: Room C211, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station TX
Agenda:
- Speaker: Dr. Melanie Pivarski, TAMU, Topic: Two Person Games
  Summary and Attachments
- Working Dinner
- Speaker: Dr. Philip Yasskin, TAMU, Topic: The Polygon Differencing Problem
  Summary and Attachments
- Open Discussion
March 2, 2009, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM,
Location: Room C211, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station TX
Agenda:
- Speaker: Dr. Gregory Berkolaiko, TAMU, Topic: Who Fought the Giant: Unwinding Logical Puzzles
  Summary and Attachments
- Working Dinner
- Speaker: Becky Burghardt, CSISD, Topic: The Biology of Size (or Exploring Scale)
  Summary and Attachments
- Open Discussion

May 4, 2009, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM,
Location: Room C211, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station TX
Agenda:

Speaker: Dr. Kai-Bin Fu, TAMU, Topic: Map Coloring
Summary and Attachments

Working Dinner

Speaker: Mrs. Jerri Roemer, Hearne ISD,
Topic: Strategies in the Middle School Math Classroom - Tying It Together
Summary and Attachments

Open Discussion

Organizing Committee:

Philip B. Yasskin	Dept. of Math, Texas A&M Univ.	yasskin@math.tamu.edu	(979) 845-3734
Becky Burghardt	College Station ISD	bburghardt@csisd.org	(979) 764-5569
Caroline Jones	College Station ISD	cjones@csisd.org	(979) xxx-xxxx
Mary Selcer	Bryan ISD	mselcer@bryanisd.org	(979) 209-2558
Jamie W. Bassett	College Station ISD	jbassett@csisd.org	(979) 764-5500
Carol Tatum	NSF GK-12 Program, Texas A&M Univ.	mctatum@suddenlink.net	(979) 690-2332
David Manuel	Dept. of Math, Texas A&M Univ.	dmanuel@math.tamu.edu	(979) 845-xxxx
Mila Mogilevsky	Dept. of Math, Texas A&M Univ.	mogilevs@math.tamu.edu	(979) 862-4481
Ragu Raghavan	Cengage Learning, Brooks/Cole Publishers	ragu.raghavan@cengage.com	(281) 438-6975