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Monthly Evening Sessions 2007/8
Every month from September to April (except December), The Teacher's Circle will offer an evening event for middle school math teachers interested in exploring accessible, exciting topics in mathematics and learning about a problem-solving approach to teaching math. All teachers are welcome to attend; please Contact Us in advance so that we can have sufficient food on hand. (Dinner is complimentary.)
The events will typically be held on the second Thursday of each month, as summarized in the following table.
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker |
| Sep 20 | 5:00-8:00 | Miller Middle School | Tom Davis “Conway's Rational Tangles” (handout) |
| Oct 18 | 5:00-8:00 | American Institute of Mathematics | Laurens Gunnarsen “Quad: Gauss's Favorite Game” |
| Nov 7 | 5:00-8:00 | American Institute of Mathematics | Joshua Zucker “One-player games: Parity and Invariants” (handout) |
| Jan 10 | 5:00-8:00 | American Institute of Mathematics | Tatiana Shubin “Problems to Tease and Teach” (handout) |
| Feb 7 | 5:00-8:00 | American Institute of Mathematics | Matthias Beck “Codes, Ciphers & Secret Messages” (handout) |
| Mar 6 | 5:00-8:00 | American Institute of Mathematics | “Ratio, Proportion, and Outer Space: Applications of Proportions in Astrophysics” |
| Apr 10 | 5:00-8:00 | American Institute of Mathematics | Tom Davis “Mathematical Card Tricks” (handout) |
On a typical evening we will arrive and enjoy snacks at 5:00, hold a math circle from 5:15 to 6:45, then have dinner at 6:45 followed by a time for open discussion. We will adjourn promptly at 8:00. Cut and paste the addresses below into your favorite mapping web site to find driving directions to the meeting locations.
Miller Middle School:
6151 Rainbow Drive, San Jose, CA
American Institute of Mathematics: 360 Portage Avenue,
Palo Alto, CA
