Brazos Valley Math Teachers' Circle

hosted by the

Department of Mathematics

Texas A&M University

2008-09 Meetings

 Continuing Professional Education Credits will be given for 3 hours each evening.
 CPE Provider #501137

Meetings:

• 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

We would like to thank:

• The Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
  For financial support for meals at our meetings and hosting our website.
• The A&M United Methodist Church of College Station
  For providing a room for our meetings.
• The American Institute of Mathematics
  For supporting the national Math Teachers' Circle Network and the ``How to run a Math Teachers' Circle'' workshops. In the summer of 2008, Phil Yasskin, Carol Tatum, Jamie Bassett and Ragu Raghavan attended this workshop, which got our group started. All expenses were paid by AIM.

2008-09 Organizing Committee:

© Philip B. Yasskin, 2008-10.
Last updated Feb 15, 2010