Mini Math Conference

Created by the Students of EMTH 215, Sections 10 and 20

for Grades 3 and 5 at Sacred Heart School

November 22, 2001

Anything special that you need (that the math lab does not have) for Nov. 22, please acquire it and bring it to class on Nov. 20. Anything you need from the math lab you can collect on Nov. 20.


On Nov. 20 I need to see the following:

  1. A completed backdrop with your activity name, your name and section #, some form of advertising for your activity--make it appealing to the students (make them want to visit your station), soem glued on finished products (if appropriate--e.g., origami) or pictures of what you are having the kids make (e.g., knots), information about the history of your activity, information about the mathematics of your activity, and information about how to DO the activity (a task card). All of this should somehow be "attached" to the board. Note that the children will probably NOT read the task card (you'll have to verbally give them directions) nor will they read about the mathematics. But it should be there. This is in fact an example of an independent learning station/resource in mathematics, where students can come individually or in pairs and read about the history, mathematics, and how to do the activity without needing you to tell them what to do. Your backdrop and the materials that the students will work with on the table really constitute a stand-alone learning station. Remember, that anything (FLAT) that finds its way onto your backdrop should also find its way into your finished product that you will submit on Dec. 3 (I don't think I'll need to see again your 3-D constructions --e.g., Star Balls). I will see the backdrops on Nov. 22 and then they can be stored until our SSMSTS Math/Science fair evening and then until April if you will be participating in the Tribal Council conference. if you are not participating in the Tribal Council conference then you can take your backdrop home after the SSMSTS evening.
  2. The materials you will need for kids to DO the activity. These materials can be stored in labelled baggies until Nov. 22.
  3. An evaluation feedback form so that the children and passing adults (we'll have some guests) can comment on your work.
  4. I may need help with assembling the folders and freebie items for the children.
  5. If you have completed the above you can begin to assemble what you need to submit on Dec. 3. Note that the submitted report has 4 parts. Part 1--your activity write-up is what I will copy for the students to have. I forgot to mention that Part 1 should also contain the mathematics of the activity. You will have prepared yourself for the mathematical aspect of your activity for Nov. 22, but you may not be pressed to share that information with the children. Some of you are doing activities that have quite sophisticated mathematical connections. You need to know that mathematics and be able to describe it to me in writing in your report. I think I also mentioned above that this should also be a part of your backdrop. Please don't hand your assignment in on Dec. 3 in any "fancy" format. I really prefer a title page with your name, section #, and title etc and all the other pages clipped together with a paper clip--NOT stapled and NOT in hole-punched 3-ring binders or duo-tangs, or in a plastic folder--just clipped is fine--please!! Part 2 of your report I will see on Nov. 22. I will tell you then if I need it to be submitted with the report. Parts 3 and 4 you cannot do until after Nov. 22.


The following chart is to help get us organized for November 22. I've grouped some of the activities together that use the same kinds of materials. So, instead of having 49 different stations, we have 35 with some of you "sharing a station" with others. You will still have your own activity and backdrop etc. You will simply be physically together in one area so that the children can work more easily through your activities. I will try and find websites for some of you who have asked. Any I find I will place in the appropriate box below beside your name.

Obviously, if the children are in groups of 2 there will be at most 28 groups. We have 35 stations; hence there will always be some "empty" stations. Use the time when you have no children at your station to visit your colleagues' stations.



Station # Station Name (and separate activities--if more than one activity at this station) Student(s) Responsible for Creating the Activity (ies) for this Station Websites to Visit for More Information
1 Multicultural Games Marla Ahlstrom (10) http://www.multiculturalkids.com
2 Paper Folding Origami--Krysta Anderson (10) and Cindy Kurtz (20)
Kaleidocycles--Jaclyn Delhummeau (20)
Star Balls--Staci Senger (20)		 Origami

http://chasm.merrimack.edu/~thull/origamiMath.html

http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca

Kaleidocycles

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/evergrn.html

http://kancrn.kckps.k12.ks.us/rosedale/duncan/Kaleidocycles.html

http://www.etropolis.com/escher/

Star Balls

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.98/wagner1/

Icosahedron

http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/naming.html
3 String Art With wood/nails--Nikki Andrews (10)
With card--Terra Wood (10)		 http://www.mathcats.com/

http://www.teachnet.org/dcs/math/stringart/

http://www.teachnet.org/dcs/math/stringart//StringArt_TeacherNotes.htm

http://www.teachnet.org/dcs/math/symmetry/

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/9155/index2/

Bezier

http://xocxoc.home.att.net/math/bezier.htm
4 Mon-Kiri Cutouts Jolene Bast (10) http://www.Papercharm.com/history.html
5 Matchstick Math Puzzles Down at the Farm with Matchsticks--Leah Dewhirst (10)
Fun With Squares--Sharon Penner (20)		 http://wwwiamawhizkid.com/lunch/match.htm

http://www.guidesnsw.org.au/stardude/puzzles.htm

http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/puzzles/match/index.html 
6 Thinking Logically Melissa Franks (10) http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathland_8_19.html
7 Psyanky Doranda German (10) http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/jbsymteslk.htm

http://akidsheart.com/holidays/easter/decoeg.htm

http://www.ukranianegg.com

http://www.pysanky.com

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/amorash/ukredd.html
8 Math Games Jennifer Huber (10) http://www.aplusmath.com/games/-1k

http://www.funbrain.com/

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/-23k

http://www.quia.com/dir/math/-14k

http://www.edu4kids.com/12k

http://www.c3.lan1.gov/mega-math/-1k

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/-20k

http://www.aaamath.com/-7k

http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/math/Games_and_Puzzles/12k
9 Signature Symmetry Tessa Kerowatski (10)  
10 Magic Squares Sasha Lapchuk (10) http://www.schoolnet.ca/vp-pv/ECOS/

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square.html
11 Math Problems Without Numbers Renee Lawrence (10)  
12 Venn Diagrams Kari Leibel (10) http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Venn.html

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Beginnings_of_set_theory.html 

http://www.combinatorics.org/surveys/ds5/VennJohnEJC.html

http://math.boisestate.edu/~holmes/nf.html

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/infgep.htm
13 Mathemagic Pam Loeppky (10)
Age Math--Pamela Craig (20)		 http://learningedge.sympatico.ca/recess/math/mm.html

http://personal.cfw.com/~clayford/age.html

http://personal.cfw.com/~clayford/frame1.html

http://www.geocities.com/mathimoh/

http://www.geocities.com/rasputin1575/trivia/agemath.html
14 Tangrams Tusauna Manning (10)
Denise Mazenc (10)
Nicole Theaker (20)		 http://www.kidscom/games/tangram/tangram.html

http://www.tangram.i-p.com

http://www.tangrams.ca/

http://www.strongmuseum.org/tangram.html/

http://www.rialto.k12.ca.us/frisbie/mathfair/tangram.html
15 Tessellations Natalie Schapansky (10) http://www.mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whatess.html

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/archamb1.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/history.html
16 Patterns and Music Wade McLean (10) http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/hanlin1.html
17 Math Sports Games Sabrina Quigley (10)  
18 Percentages Jodi Sartison (10) http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/
19 Money Deborah Scott-Speers (10)
The General Store--Sarah Friesen (20)
Market Money--Sandi Monkhouse (20)		 http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.98/ferre/

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/andrews1.html

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/danylczuk2.html

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg

http://www.aaamath.com/mny.html

http://www.edu4kids.com/money

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/mathmoneyvalue.htm

http://www.littlejason.com/lemonade

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemath/mathtest357.html
20 Metis Sash Weaving Wendy Sutherland (10) http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/history/MetisSash.htm

http://www.geocities/heartland/flats/1814/northern.htm

http://www.metisnation.org/history/sash.html
21 Five Platonic Solids Amanda Taylor (10) http://www.korthalsaltes.com

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/platsol/index.asp

http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/geo_gumdrops.html

http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/sro/tt/html/regular_polyhedra.html

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Diagrams/PlatonicSolids.gif

http://home.teleport.com/~tpgettys/platonic.shtml
22 Beadwork Patterns Wanda Wintonyk (10) http://www.nativetech.org/

http://www.europa.com/~alice/
23 Math Card Games Math Mania--Courtney Anderson (20)
Math War--Jennifer Fehr (20)
Fishing for Equations--Alana Nelson (20)

The Great Math Race--Eleisha Yantz (20)		 http://mathforum.org/isaac/mathlist.html

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9174/recchron.html

http://www.pagat.com/quartet/gofish.html

http://www.funbrain.com
24 M & M Madness Dana Ansell (20)
Tasha Yung (20)		 http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/HistoryTopics.html

http://members.aol.com/jeff570/d.html

http://lessonplanspage.com/MathEstimationClassification.htm

http://www.cyberbee.com/probability/graph3.html

http://www.citeforum.org/math/instructional/modules/tech/excel/M&Mgraphing/home.html
25 Triangles Michelle Berg (20) http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/science/eric/eric-2.htm

http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/geo_gumdrops.html
26 Kaleidoscopes Leah Draper (20) http://ww2.lcms.srvusd.k12.ca.us/faculty/Kramer/kaleidoscopes.htm

http://kaleidoscopeheaven.org/he0004.htm

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aa/aksen/teaching/math-art-arch.stml

http://mathforum.org/mathed/nctm96/games/hannigan/assembling.html

http://www.teachervision.com

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain

http://camel.math.ca/Education/mpst/node6.html
27 Venn Diagrams Aaron Ebbett (20) http://www.venndiagram.com/intro.html
28 I Spy Dog Dale Frohlick (20) http://www.dltk-kids.com/books/clifford/puzzle.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/t/books/bclifford.htm

http://pbskids.org/clifford/
29 Card Tricks Camille Howden (20) http://www.ianetfundu.com/cardzone/history/htm

http://www.cardtricks.org.uk

http://www.gcgordy.crosswinds.net/index.html
30 Gift Boxes Joleen Kaytor (20) http://www.fasinating-folds.com

http://www.paperfolding.com/math/
31 Knot Tying and Puzzles Murray Kittelson (20) http://www.tavernpuzzles.com

http://www.onwater.com/knots.html

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/knot.knot.html

http://www.freelearning.com/knots/history.htm
32 Properties of Dice David Mackie (20) http://www.korthalsaltes.com/

http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Diagrams/PlatonicSolids.gif

http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Plato.html

http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath

http://www.norfacad.pvt.k12.va.us/project/pythagor/life.htm
33 Math Puzzles with Equations Sarah Maloney (20)  
34 Mobius Strip Rebecca Rebrinsky (20) http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Mobius.html

http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Topology_in_mathematics.html

http://www.enc.org/thisweek/calendar/unit/0,1819,1316,00.shtm

http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ExpMobiusStrip.htm

http://www.theriver.com/mobiusjewelry/tms.html

http:/wwwxmission.com/~dparker/mathpage/topology.html

http://humber.northnet.org/weeks/TorusGames/index.html
35 Connect the Dots Pamela Scobie (20) http://www.mnsfld.edu/~rwalker/Descartes.html

The children will receive a chart something like this:











SACRED HEART MINI MATH CONFERENCE

Created by the Students of EMTH 215, sections 10 and 20

at the

Faculty of Education

University of Regina

November 22/2001

Welcome Sacred Heart Grade Three and Five students and teachers. We are very happy that you could come today to work with the university students on some exciting mathematics activities. You will work for most of the afternoon in groups of two and we will give you a starting station. When you have completed your first activity please look for an activity that no-one seems to be doing. You will not be able to do all the activities, but we will give your teachers a complete set of these activities and they can do some of them with you later. Have fun, learn some mathematics, play with some mathematics, and let us know what you think of our work.


Your Name: ___________________________





The following chart will help you to keep yourself organized.

Station #

Station Name (and separate activities--if more than one activity at this station) University Student(s) Responsible for Creating the Activity (ies) for this Station Check off the activities you worked on. Your Comments

1

Multicultural Games Marla Ahlstrom (10)    

2

Paper Folding Origami--Krysta Anderson (10) and Cindy Kurtz (20)
Kaleidocycles--Jaclyn Delhummeau (20)
Star Balls--Staci Senger (20)		    

3

String Art With wood/nails--Nikki Andrews (10)
With card--Terra Wood (10)		    

4

Mon-Kiri Cutouts Jolene Bast (10)    

5

Matchstick Math Puzzles Down at the Farm with Matchsticks--Leah Dewhirst (10)
Fun With Squares--Sharon Penner (20)		    

6

Thinking Logically Melissa Franks (10)    

7

Psyanky Doranda German (10)    

8

Math Games Jennifer Huber (10)    

9

Signature Symmetry Tessa Kerowatski (10)    

10

Magic Squares Sasha Lapchuk (10)    

11

Math Problems Without Numbers Renee Lawrence (10)    

12

Venn Diagrams Kari Leibel (10)    

13

Mathemagic Pam Loeppky (10)
Age Math--Pamela Craig (20)		    

14

Tangrams Tusauna Manning (10)
Denise Mazenc (10)
Nicole Theaker (20)		    

15

Tessellations Natalie McLean (10)    

16

Patterns and Music Wade McLean (10)    

17

Math Sports Games Sabrina Quigley (10)    

18

Percentages Jodi Sartison (10)    

19

Money Deborah Scott-Speers (10)
The General Store--Sarah Friesen (20)
Market Money--Sandi Monkhouse (20)		    

20

Metis Sash Weaving Wendy Sutherland (10)    

21

Five Platonic Solids Amanda Taylor (10)    

22

Beadwork Patterns Wanda Wintonyk (10)    

23

Math Card Games Math Mania--Courtney Anderson (20)
Math War--Jennifer Fehr (20)
Fishing for Equations--Alana Nelson (20)

The Great Math Race--Eleisha Yantz (20)		    

24

M & M Madness Dana Ansell (20)
Tasha Yung (20)		    

25

Triangles Michelle Berg (20)    

26

Kaleidoscopes Leah Draper (20)    

27

Venn Diagrams Aaron Ebbett (20)    

28

I Spy Dog Dale Frohlick (20)    

29

Card Tricks Camille Howden (20)    

30

Gift Boxes Joleen Kaytor (20)    

31

Knot Tying and Puzzles Murray Kittelson (20)    

32

Properties of Dice David Mackie (20)    

33

Math Puzzles with Equations Sarah Maloney (20)    

34

Mobius Strip Rebecca Rebrinsky (20)    

35

Connect the Dots Pamela Scobie (20)    









Please give this page to your teacher and she will get it back to us. Your ideas will be very helpful to us for next year.

You may have some notes you would like to write about what you learned today or some mathematics questions to ask when you get back to school. Take a few minutes to jot down some of your ideas.





We would like to know what activities you enjoyed the most and why.





Do you have suggestions for activities that the university students could make for next year?