Teachers' Circle Presentations
April 24, 2008
Al Otto (Illinois State): Algebra Problem Solving 2
Richard Lodholz:
Pythagorean Triples
Rajan Mehta (Wash U): Rubik's cube and other puzzles
Brad Henry (Wash U):
The Difficult Task of Ensuring Fair Elections
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Activities
Ann Podleski:
Coloring Pascal's Triangle
Blake Thornton:
Greatest Common Divisor
April 15, 2008
Bob McDowell (Wash U): Elementary Number Theory
Anneke Bart (SLU):
M.C. Escher's Circle Limits: an introduction to hyperbolic geometry
SLU's Escher WikiBook
Richard Lodholz:
Magic Squares
April 1, 2008
Michael Goldwasser (SLU):
Map Coloring
Brody Johnson (SLU):
Chaos
A Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
Problems
Blake Thornton:
Card Tricks
March 18, 2008
Ann Podleski: Monty Hall
Richard Lodholz:
Pascal and Pizza
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Exercises
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Richard Lodholz:
Wythoffs Game
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February 23, 2008
Al Otto (Illinois State):
Algebra and Problem Solving
Geir Arne Hjelle (Wash U): Matchbox Computers
Richard Lodholz:
Zomes and Geometry
Blake Thornton:
Prime Numbers
Ann Podleski: Name Game and Permutations
February 21, 2008
Blake Thornton:
Modular Arithmetic and Doomsday
Richard Lodholz:
Zomes
Bryan Clair (SLU):
Word Puzzles
: Each puzzle is a back-to-back page. Cut out and fold so that the word is spelled out if you were able to look down through the sheets.
Jail Puzzle
: Fold this so that Mussolini and Hitler are both facing out but in the jails (cut out the jail bars).
Number Puzzle 1
: Fold this back-to-back sheet so that the numbers are in order.
Number Puzzle 2
: Fold this back-to-back sheet so that the numbers are in order.
February 6, 2008
Blake Thornton:
Problem Solving Methods
Richard Lodholz:
Mathematics: Science of Patterns. Figurative Numbers
Followup, part 1
Followup, part 2
John McCarthy: Euler Characteristic
Ann Podleski:
Buiiding Brick Walls: Counting Techniques, Number Patterns
Richard Lodholz:
Non-deterministic Mathematics, Weird Dice, Non-transitive dice
Blake Thornton:
Rational Tangles
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