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BACT WINTER WORKSHOP
Saturday - January 28, 2012

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The Winter workshop supports teachers in their development of problem solving skills as well as sharing with them information about upcoming mathematical opportunities for students and teachers. This will be a great opportunity for teachers new to the Math Circle program as well as experienced Math Circle teachers.

Schedule: 9am - 4pm

8:30 am - 9:00 am Coffee* and Check-in UC Berkeley, Evans 732
9:00 am - 9:15 am Welcome and IntroductionsEvans 732
9:15 am - 11:15 am Math Circle Lesson 1
Math Circle Beginners GroupBrandy Wiegers, Evans 740.
Math Circle Experienced GroupMichael Serra, Evans 891.
Elementary Math Circle TrainingEvans Hall 939
11:30 am - 12:00 am Discussion of BACT Opportunities **UC Berkeley
12:00 am - 1:45 pm Lunch Break
Lunch Served Evans Hall 891
(CM)² Student Poster Sessionoutside of 740.
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Math Circle Lesson 2
Math Circle Beginners GroupPaul Zeitz, Evans 740
Math Circle Experienced GroupTatiana Shubin, Evans 891.
JRMF Instructor TrainingJoshua Zucker, Evans 939.
* Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided by the BACT.
Please Register so that we order enough.

** Information of upcoming Mathematical Exploration Opportunities for Teachers and Students including the Julia Robinson Festival, the Bay Area Mathematics Olympiad (BAMO), BACT Summer Workshop and much more! Enjoy Math Circle lessons taught by some of the Bay’s top mathematicians. Curious about what a Math Circle is? Join us to experience it first hand.

Information of upcoming Mathematical Exploration Opportunities for Teachers ...

Information of upcoming Mathematical Exploration Opportunities for Students ...

(CM)² Student Poster Session

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    Mike Garcia Set Theory and Classifying Numbers Paper, Poster
    Katie Betancourt Making Numbers out of 3's and 5's Paper, poster, handout
    Mike Henley Mountain Building Paper, Poster
    Katrina Wono The Relation Between Distance and Area Paper, Handout, Poster
    Jimmy McErlain Game Theory of Gomuku and (m,n,k)-games Paper, Poster
    Jacob Bowen Extensions on the Pythagorean Theorem Paper, Poster
    Lisa Clayton Non-Euclidean Geometry: A History and a Brief Look Paper, Poster
    Rika Yatchak Number Line Rectangles: Teaching Primes to Elementary School Students Paper, Poster

Location: UC Berkeley Evans Hall

The UC Berkeley Math Department provides directions to Evans Hall on their website: http://math.berkeley.edu/aboutus_directions.html You can find a map of UC Berkeley campus online, http://berkeley.edu/map/ Evans Hall is located between B-3 and B-4 on the map. Downtown Berkeley BART is located at C1

Due to parking restrictions, we recommend that you use public transit to get to the BACT event. If you do drive...

Public parking on campus will be available in the campus parking garages. There will be an hourly cost for the public parking in campus parking lots. For more details visit their website, http://pt.berkeley.edu/park There is also many public parking spaces in the area of Berkeley surrounding campus that will have no parking restrictions on Saturdays.



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