2014-2015 Meeting Schedule
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September 20, 2014: 9 am - noon at West Elementary room 118.
Address: 41 Central Ave, Athens, OH. Park in the lot behind the school. We explored very deeply some questions about simple fractions and decimals in "Digit Fidget." Resources are here from: Sam Vanderveld (Digits Fidgets (PDF), Learn more about Sam) Elgin Johnston (Fractions Investigations, Learn more about Elgin) November 15, 2014: 9-noon at Athens Middle School, 51-55 W. State St., Athens, OH 45701. Ms. Newman to host. We will focus on Mathematical Origami & A Dr. McKeny surprise! Files from Brutus Buckeye Task are to the left (brutus_buckeye..., identifyinghigh-quality..., and brutus_buckeye...revised.docx). Links from Karen's Origami Session: • Ohio Paper Folders -- Chinese Water Wheel is here under "Models" tab. • Population Education -- Karen recommended their stuff. • ORC - New home of FAMS. January 24, 2015: Contradancing Mathematics with ¡Javier! 9-noon at West Elementary, 41 Central Ave, Athens, OH, 45701. Ohio University's Javier Ronquillo and Mathematician/fiddler, Dr. Mark Barsamian, led us on a kinesthetic exploration of transformations, mathematical properties (including Inverse, Identity, and Commutative,) Algebra, matrix multiplication, Dihideral groups and so much more! Links for the Contradancing and mathematical discussions: /uploads/1/3/0/4/13040232/mtc_1.24.15.1.jpg /uploads/1/3/0/4/13040232/mtc_1.24.15.3.jpg /uploads/1/3/0/4/13040232/mtc_1.24.15.2.jpg /uploads/1/3/0/4/13040232/mtc_1.24.15_contra.mov March 21, 2015: Pi Day Celebration May 9, 2015: End-of-year. TBD |