Duane Bollenbacher's 24th Annual Summer Mathematics Workshops
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – June 19-21, 2012
This 3-day course is designed for the Family and Consumer Science teacher as a supplement to the mathematics that they offer in their classes. This course will help these teachers become more knowledgeable about learning and teaching good mathematics, as related to the family and consumer science topics. This course will help the participant to see his/her very important role in preparing the students to gain confidence in their use of mathematics.
This course, along with the June 12-14 HQT workshop, may be used by an INTERVENTION SPECIALIST to become a Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) in mathematics content.
*Note: This course is a REPEAT of summer 2011 FCS workshop
Content
- TIME and TEMPERATURE
- Reading a clock, timer and thermometer as related to cooking and baking
- MONEY
- Budgeting; writing checks; balancing checkbooks
- Buying insurance; mortgages and rent
- MEASUREMENTS
- Cans, bottles, cups, baking dishes, cooking utensils, silverware
- Cooking, sewing
- Conversion of units
- NUTRITION
- Reading a nutrition label: calories, fat, carbs, daily requirements
- STATISTICS
- Mean, median, mode, box-and-whiskers, histogram, graphs
- Fractions, decimals, percents
- Ratio and proportion
- Perimeter, area, and volume
- Appropriate fun, logical problems
- Problem-based and discovery approaches
- Problem-solving strategies
- Projects and fun activities for all grade levels
- Group work, team work, and cooperative learning
Course expectations
- Attendance at all sessions
- Participation in all activities
- Sharing teaching ideas that have worked for you
Problems to Ponder for the Workshop
CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING PATTERNS:
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, ___ , ___ , ___ , …
2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ___ , ___ , ___ , …
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ___ , ___ , ___ , …
Abe, Beth, Chuck, ___ , ___ , ___ , …
1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 20, ___ , ___ , ___ , …
