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Circle on the Road Spring 2012
Apr 13, 2012 to Apr 15, 2012

Organizer(s)

Dave Auckly, Robert Sachs, Amanda Serenevy, Dan Ullman

This workshop will bring together new and experienced leaders of math circles for students and teachers. We welcome
anyone who is interested in learning more about math circles, especially teachers.

Workshop activities will include discussions, presentations, and a mathematics festival to be held outside of the MathAlive! exhibit that will be in the Smithsonian Institution.

Participants will begin collaborating before the workshop to develop sample math circle sessions that they will present during the festival. These activities will be collaboratively evaluated and refined during the workshop.

Schedule
Friday, April 13, 2012
3:00PM - 3:15PM George Washington University Welcome and introduction. What are we going to produce?
3:15PM - 4:00PM George Washington University Featured mathematics activities - Scrap Heap Projects (Erica Voolich)
4:05PM - 5:05PM George Washington University Sample Math Circle Demonstration (Blake Thornton)
5:10PM - 5:40PM George Washington University Pass out T-Shirts to everyone, display photos of space. Saturday Math Circle teams meet, check supplies and hand-outs, go over activity one last time.
5:40PM - 6:40PM George Washington University Student Run Circles (Panel - Katherine "Matt" Droujkova, Joshua Frye, Alan Du, Johnny Li, Daniela Ganelin)
6:50PM - 7:40PM George Washington University Mathematical Street Performances group wanders around the Mall showing members of the public quick math gems. Advertise for Festival on Saturday.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
9:00AM - 10:00AM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Arrive at Smithsonian and set up concourse and classrooms for activities.
10:00AM - 10:30AM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Drop in activities in the Concourse begin as the public starts to arrive.
10:30AM - 11:30AM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Activities 1, ... 6 run in the classroom and concourse areas.
11:45AM - 12:45PM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Activities 7, ...12 run in the classroom and concourse areas.
12:45PM - 1:45PM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Lunch break
1:45PM - 2:45PM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Activities 1, ... 6 run in the classroom and concourse areas.
3:00PM - 4:00PM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Activities 7, ...12 run in the classroom and concourse areas.
4:30PM - 5:30PM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Clean up/pack-up
5:30PM - 6:00PM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Each group talks and evaluates their own session.
6:30PM - 10:00PM Smithsonian Institution, Ripley Center Banquet--For the first 5 min we hand out packet of activity hand-outs with suggestion forms. -Over hors d'oeuvres each team gives a 3 min description of their activity.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
8:00AM - 9:15AM George Washington University From the Math Teacher's Circle to the Math Teacher's Classroom (Panel - Glenn Stevens, Jason Ermer, Florence Fasanelli, Anne (Sage) Moore, Susan Shaw)
9:15AM - 9:35AM George Washington University Breakfast Snacks
9:40AM - 10:25AM George Washington University Evaluation: Ways to Evaluate Math Circles, What we know about how well they work, what we need to do to have better evidence. (Joint Presentation: Diana White, Brandy Wiegers)
10:30AM - 12:00PM George Washington University Elementary Math Circles (Panel - Rodi Steinig, Bill Mueller, Laura Givental, Daniela Ganelin)
12:00PM - 1:00PM George Washington University Lunch
1:00PM - 2:30PM George Washington University Different Audiences: Teachers’ Circles, Summer Programs, Student Circles (Panel - Glenn Stevens, Steve Maurer, Mira Bernstein, Paul Zeitz)
2:30PM - 3:15PM George Washington University Inspiring Students and Removing the Stigma of Failure (Gordon Hamilton)

The Institute is committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.



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