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Recent Events

IUSB Leadership Academy
Jul 12, 2010 – Jul 29, 2010
The IUSB Leadership Academy is a two-month summer program for high school and entering college students. During the program, students take several classes designed to prepare them for college. We offered a math class for eleven of the high school students. Each 105-minute class included review of pre-algebra and algebra concepts and a hands-on activity designed to show them how some of these concepts apply to the real world. Students completed daily homework assignments, quizzes twice a week, and took a pre-test and post-test to chart their improvement over the three-week (twelve-session) program.
Math Circle Teacher Training Institute
Jul 4, 2010 – Jul 10, 2010
About 25 mathematicians, teachers, and other math enthusiasts from around the country paticipated in this week-long institute at Notre Dame led by Bob and Ellen Kaplan with assistance from Amanda Serenevy and Leo Goldmakher. Participants experienced Math Circles as students, shared ideas for starting Math Circles, led Math Circles for children, and delved into a number of engaging mathematical questions.
Ivy Tech Middle School Math Workshop
Jun 7, 2010 – Jun 18, 2010
Math teachers from each of the ten intermediate centers in South Bend Community School Corporation participated in two one-week workshops at Ivy Tech Community College. The overall themes of the workshop were project-based learning, innovative approaches to problem solving, and incorporating technology in the middle school classroom.
IUSB Leadership Academy Orientation
Jun 3, 2010
During the IUSB Leadership Academy Orientation we taught two hands-on math activities to about 25 high school and entering college students. Participants chose to investigate algebraic patterns in families of polyhedra or to derive the formula for regular polygons on the way to learning to build a Magic Pinwheel.
Math and Technology Academy
Jun 1, 2010 – Jul 29, 2010
The Math and Technology Academy is a free program open to the public. Students of all ages can get help with homework, work on a guided independent study project, or try one of our hands-on math activities.
Xavier School of Excellence Professional Development
May 12, 2010
Amanda presented several hands-on math activities and strategies for enhancing math instruction at Xavier School of Excellence.
First Fridays -- Kids Night
May 7, 2010
Downtown South Bend, Incorporated sponsors a series of First Friday events in downtown South Bend to highlight local businesses and bring people together. November's event offered fun activities for families with children. We participated by teaching modular origami at Spark Fine Stationary on Michigan Street.
Riverbend Community Math Center
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