Events of February 2009

HASTI Plumbing Workshop

Feb 5, 2009

Try a hands-on math and science activity that can be used in middle school classrooms to address several state math and science standards.

HASTI Origami Lessons

Feb 5, 2009

Stop by the NISMEC booth or the Mathematical Origami workshop at the Hoosier Association for Science Teachers Conference. Learn to fold magic pinwheels, Sonobe polyhedra, hyperbolic paraboloids, PHiZZ polyhedra, and other origami structures.

Science Alive -- Quilt Fractions

Feb 7, 2009

Participants create paper quilt blocks and analyze the fractions involved with their design.

Science Olympiad -- Experimental Design

Feb 14, 2009

High school students competing in Science Olympiad design and carry out experiments to determine the expansion potential of popcorn

Apprentice Academy Geometry and Trigonometry Class

Feb 23, 2009 – Apr 23, 2009

This 30 hour advanced math class is designed to assist skilled workers displaced by the recent economic downturn to learn additional skills that are in demand at local precision manufacturing shops. Students earn credit hours through Vincennes University.

Coquillard Primary Center Grade Level Meetings

Feb 24, 2009 – Mar 4, 2009

Before each quarter during the 2008 -- 2009 academic year, we met by grade level with all teachers at Coquillard Primary Center. We looked for ways to strengthen math instruction, introduced a math notebooking plan, and addressed questions about the curriculum at each grade level for the upcoming quarter.