Events of February 2011
- Science Olympiad -- Experimental Design
- Feb 5, 2011
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High school students competing in Science Olympiad design and carry out
experiments to explore factors that would be important when figuring out
how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
- HASTI Origami Session and Lessons
- Feb 10, 2011
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During this workshop, we fold several models that illustrate how
origami relates to engineering. Afterwards, conference participants
may stop by the NISMEC booth or the Mathematical Origami workshop at
the Hoosier Association for Science Teachers Conference to learn to
fold magic pinwheels, Sonobe polyhedra, hyperbolic paraboloids,
PHiZZ polyhedra, and other origami structures.
- HASTI Fermi Estimates Presentation
- Feb 11, 2011
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During this interactive session, we will work through many of the
stages of a Fermi Estimates lab that we have been using with middle
school math and science students in the South Bend / Mishawaka area.
Fermi Estimates are an exciting way for students to investigate
topics of interest to them. Questions that our students have chosen
to investigate include "How many people in the world are talking on
cell phones right now?" "If your hai was never broken or cut from
the time you were born until now, how long would it be?" "How many
gumballs would reach to the moon and back?" "How much energy would
be saved if our city undertook a voluntary one-minute blackout?
Investigating questions of this type inevitably causes students to
grapple with measurement, unit conversions, creating and using
algebraic formulas, creating surveys and experiments, and conducting
research to obtain needed information.
- Wheelock College Presentations and Consulting
- Feb 22, 2011 – Feb 26, 2011
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Amanda worked with four instructors at Wheelock College who teacher
math to future elementary teachers to share hands-on activities and
to discuss pedagogical strategies for the courses they teach. Amanda
also gave a presentation on fractals and dynamical systems to a
class of students.