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Victoria, Vancouver, BC, CA
Oct. 18 - 20
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SPEAKER
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Nicholas Restivo |
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GRADES
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3-8 | ||
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TITLE
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UNPACKING GEOMETRY PROBLEMS FROM BOXES YOU MAKE | ||
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DAY/DATE/TIME
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Thurs. | Oct. 18 | 2:45 - 4:00 pm |
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LOCATION
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Grand Pacific Hotel | Vancouver Island Centre | |
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DESCRIPTION
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Transform used greeting cards into boxes, while discovering geometry concepts that rely on properties and definitions associated with parallelograms. Real life problems using those properties will be explored | ||
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SPEAKER
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Nicholas Restivo |
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GRADES
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3-8 | ||
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TITLE
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Generating Student Excitement for Mathematical Problem Solving | ||
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DAY/DATE/TIME
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Fri. | Oct. 19 | 11:15 am - 12:00 pm |
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LOCATION
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Grand Pacific Hotel |
Saltspring (room 231) | |
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DESCRIPTION
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A problem is not a problem if it has an easy solution. Real problems must be appropriately challenging, have multiple solution paths, and lead students to a better understanding of mathematical concepts. Participants in this session will discover ways for their students to become better problem solvers, while preparing them for any assessment they may encounter. | ||
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SPEAKER
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Dennis Mulhearn |
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GRADES
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3 - 8 | ||
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DAY/DATE/TIME
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Fri. | Oct. 19 | 12:30 - 1:45 pm |
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LOCATION
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Conference Centre | View Royal (2nd floor) | |
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TITLE
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AREA - NO PROBLEM? | ||
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DESCRIPTION
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Discover how area concepts can be investigated and reinforced by solving authentic, non-routine problems. Finding such problem-solving gems can be a real problem for teachers. You will work through at least a dozen area classics, which have been selected from the Math Olympiad library. Participants will leave with these and over 50 additional rich problems. |
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SPEAKER
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DENNIS MULHEARN |
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GRADES
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3 - 8 | ||
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DAY/DATE/TIME
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Sat. | Oct. 20 | 8:30 - 9:45 am |
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LOCATION
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Conference Centre | View Royal (2nd floor) | |
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TITLE
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IT STARTS WITH A CUBE | ||
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DESCRIPTION
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A cube or a stack of cubes is the starting point for many rich problems involving even more math concepts. Work your way through factors, combinatorics, volume, surface area, networks, and more by solving Math Olympiad problems. A dozen of these 4-6 minute cube problems provide a fresh approach to these topics. As a participant, you will receive over 50 additional Math Olympiad problems to take back to your students. |
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As an excellent source for many additional problems we highly recommend the following books:
For a text to teach math problem solving techniques, we recommend the classic: |