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June 28 - July 2, 2009
Daily Schedule
The summer workshop consists of daily sessions at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley, CA. Workshop will run Sunday through Thursday, June 28 - July 2, 2009: Morning, afternoon, and evening sessions Evenings will be reserved for related, informal activities at the UC Berkeley Foothill Suites residence hall.
Please note that activities will begin 9am on Sunday morning.
Summer Schedule : BACT Summer Schedule (.pdf)
Participant Confirmation Packet
UC Berkeley Campus Map
Participant Evaluation
BACT Summer Workshop Photos
Teaching Files:
Brandy Wiegers's Deer Population Model
Alon Amit's Probability
Paul Zeitz's Symmetry
Paul Zeitz's Number Theory
Nick Grener's notes for Criss Cross. Circle in a Box's Criss Cross Chapter.
Joshua Zucker's Tiling and Fractions
Paul Zeitz's Zomes
Tom Davis's Math Circle Page. Tom Davis's Conway's Rational Tangles.
Joshua Zucker's Mathematical Games
Other Resources:
Amazon Bookstore of Resources - supports Julia Robinson Math Festival!
BACT Resources
mathcircles.org:
Art of Problem Solving
SFMC Self-Referential Test. MAASelf-Referential Aptitude Test
Notes from Paul for building your zomes collection:
1) Go to zometool.com
2) If you aren't dying to get tons of zomes right away, just buy a modest kit, and get it "naked" (without expensive plastic boxes to store it). For example, you can get a naked creator kit for $39. It's nowhere near what you NEED, but perhaps you can be patient.
3) Once you are on their email list, wait until they announce a sale (which they do several times each year). Then buy a naked advanced math creator 4 kit ($179 when not on sale, $240 when not naked).
4) You will want AT LEAST the quantity of an advanced math creator 4 kit; you should also get some "hypershort" reds for making hyperdodecahedra (120-cell). Or you can buy the hyperdo kit, which is currenly $139, and not a bad deal. If you wait for a sale, it's better.
5) Once you know what you want (eg., a hyperdo), you can look up the parts list, and then order the parts directly by going to the "parts by the pound" page. Again, wait for sales.
6) Once you are addicted, you will want to get more balls, and get colored balls, and possibly different-colored struts (eg., at Halloween, you can sometimes get glow-in-the-dark struts). Different-colored balls are quite helpful for teaching, but not really necessary.
EVEN better: get together with a group of other teachers for a big order, and Josh may be able to negotiate a deal that can cut prices up to 50%.
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