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IAS/PCMI Applications Due for Summer 2012
http://pcmi.ias.edu/application-sstp/
Reminder: apply by Tuesday, January 31st, to attend the 2012
Summer Session of IAS/PCMI, the Park City Mathematics Institute
(PCMI) of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). This three-
week residential program takes place in Park City, Utah, from
July 1 - July 21, 2012.
Teachers receive full support and a stipend during the Summer
Session. In addition, 6 quarter-credits of 400-level
mathematics are available from the University of Washington.
To learn more about the Secondary School Teachers Program
(SSTP), visit
http://pcmi.ias.edu/program-sstp/
The Math Forum hosts information on PCMI's K-12 programs here,
including SSTP working sites dating back to 2001:
http://mathforum.org/pcmi/
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PoW taking place: math problem-solving moment of the week
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"Now, as I metacognitate, I realize that I could've done
better on one thing: answering the actual question. What I
think would help me improve on this would be reading the
question a couple of times, so I would clearly understand it
and solve the actual question, instead of making up my own
question (unconsciously) and solving that one."
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- Sarah, reflecting on the FunPoW's Latest Solution
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http://mathforum.org/pows/solution.htm?publication=4017
Winter Fermi Math League
http://district287.org/fermi/
Do you like to measure, estimate, and play around with
technology? Then join the Fermi Off-the-Wall Math League!
This Internet-based math competition welcomes students in
grades 1-9 from around the world who seek enrichment, small
group work, and creative, technology-rich experiences.
A Fermi question is posed with limited information given.
For example,
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How many water balloons would it take to fill
grandma's bathtub?
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How many cockroaches will fill the trunk of a VW Beetle?
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How much fabric would it take to make a camo-suit for
Moby Dick?
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How many eggs would fit in the Trojan Horse's body?
Fermi questions require that students ask many more questions;
emphasize process rather than "the" answer; demand
communication and writing; and utilize estimation, rounding
numbers and guesses.
Earlier this week, registration opened for the six-week Winter
'12 season, which starts Tuesday, January 31st.
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Now taking place: math education conversation of the hour
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"This interesting formula allows one to calculate digits of pi
essentially starting at any place. It seems to have been around
for over ten years now, and was discovered by a sort of
combination of human and computer algorithm (the PSLQ
algorithm). If the humans involved in the effort were not
dreaming of Hindu goddesses, perhaps the alogorithm was."
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- Joe, posted to the math-teach discussion
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http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7644311
Real-World Math with Vernier
http://www.vernier.com/products/books/rwv/
Vernier recently published a spiralbound book of 32 activities
that explore real-world mathematical applications of concepts
from algebra through calculus.
Browse Real-World Math's table of contents by activity or by
products such as motion detectors, light sensors, and pH
sensors; then download objectives, standards correlations, and
previews of the activities.
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