8:30 - 9:00 Registration, Welcome, and Sharing
9:00 - 11:30 Introduction to the Math Forum's Problem-Solving and Communication Activity Series through:
- Congruent Rectangles - Understanding the Problem
- 2642: Congruent Rectangles
note: the blue shaded rectangle has links to Teacher Resources
- Student Handout: Noticing and Wondering [pdf]
11:30 - 12:00 Navigating the Website
- go to: mathforum.org and LOGIN
- use the tabs under the Problems & Puzzles tab to explore:
- Current Problems of the Week
- Problems of the Week Library
- Write Math with the Math Forum
- Information available:
- Help Videos
- Account Help
- Teacher's Guide (pdf)
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 More Navigating the Website
- go to: mathforum.org and LOGIN
- Submit
- Assign a Problem
- My PoW Work as a Teacher
2:00 - 3:00 Continue to explore the Math Forum's Problem-Solving and Communication Activity Series
- Take Me Out To the Ballgame - Guess and Check as Deep Mathematics and Foundation for Algebraic Representations
- 2657: Take Me Out to the Ballgame
note: the blue shaded rectangle has links to Teacher Resources
- Student Handout: Getting Unstuck [pdf]
- Student Handout: Testing 1, 2, 3, 4 [pdf]
- Student Handout: Hypotheses [pdf]
Please email us with any questions.
Annie Fetter, Max Ray, and Suzanne Alejandre