Schedule

April 3 (last meeting of the semester): Student teachers

A group of Math Ed student teachers from this semester will be coming in to speak to the club members about their experiences

student teaching and what types of things student teachers should expect. Come prepared with questions!

	March 6: Meeting cancelled
	February 7: MathCounts!

Basic information will be given on our spring involvement in MathCounts.

The mission of MATHCOUNTS is to increase enthusiasm for and enhance achievement in middle school mathematics throughout the United States. With the generous support of all MATHCOUNTS sponsors and volunteers, and leadership of the National Society of Professional Engineers at the local and state levels, MATHCOUNTS is providing today’s students with the foundation for success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers.

MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in every U.S. state and territory.

Currently celebrating our 25th anniversary, MATHCOUNTS is one of the country's largest and most successful education partnerships involving volunteers, educators, industry sponsors and students. President George W. Bush and former Presidents Clinton, Bush and Reagan have all recognized MATHCOUNTS in White House ceremonies. The MATHCOUNTS program has also received two White House citations as an outstanding private sector initiative. Particularly exciting for our Mathletes® were the hour-long ESPN programs on each of the National Competitions from 2003-2005.

January 17: Elections:

Election Results: President: Daniel Bortnick

Co-Vice Presidents: Brandy Pitstick & Laura Bowerman

Treasurer: Aaron Strand

Secretary: Cathy Warner

Public Affairs: Pat Schoenberger

Webmaster: Lea Chinn

We're looking forward to working with Math Counts!

	November 7: Math Field Day!!!!
	November 1st: Run through for Math Field Day

Come prepared to learn other activities or to teach yours to others!

October 18th Meeting 6pm in Rec 122

        If you plan on participating or already signed up to participate in
        the Math Field Day then you MUST attend this meeting or the meeting on
        November 1st. We will be testing out five of the ten activities for the
        Field Day. Pizza and soda/pop will be provided.

Past Meetings

October 3, 2007: Math Field day activity planning

Past field day activities were presented along with new ideas for activities. A vote was taken and the top ten activities for

Math Field Day 2007 were as follows:

           1) Flyswatter equations game
           2) Density
           3) Probability
           4) Order of Operations
           5) Slope
           6) Volume Estimation
           7) Bone Activity
           8) Bingo
           9) Measurement Relay
          10) Gallons

September 13, 2007~ Callout! We had a great turnout! There was lots of enthusiasm about the upcoming Math Field day for 8th graders.

April 4th Meeting 6pm in Rec 113

Club Elections:

President Fall Semester: Steve Warner

Vice Presidents: Daniel Bortnick and Laura Bowerman

Secretary: Neely Misner

Treasurer: Elena Fine

Public Affairs: Caitlin Ehrmann

Webmaster: Laura Bowerman

Congratulations to all elected! We're looking forward to an exciting fall semester!

March 7th Meeting 6pm in Rec 113

Guest Speaker: Greg N. Frederickson

Greg N. Frederickson is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science here at Purdue. He presented

"The Ageless Fascination of Geometric Dissection"

Abstract: Geometric dissection is the mathematical art of cutting figures into pieces that can be rearranged to form other figures, using as few pieces

as possible. Each dissection problem can be viewed as a puzzle, and many, such as the dissection of a regular octagon to a square, have elegant

solutions. I will examine a selection of remarkable dissections, employing a variety of solution methods. I will highlight the colorful history of these

problems, which originated many centuries ago and have flourished since their appearance in the mathematical puzzle columns of turn-of-the-century

newspapers.

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