teachers dedicated to excellence in mathematics educationAustin Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics




AACTM Spring Meeting:
Finding Math Everywhere

When: Monday, May 4, 2009
Where: Educational Service Center XIII
5701 Springdale Rd
Austin, Texas
Time: 5:00 – 8:15pm
Dinner: catered
Pre-Registration: $10
Registration after 4/27/09: $15

Please download the registration form here. Mail the form and your registration fee to Kelly Meschell, AACTM treasurer.

Program:

5:00 – 5:15 Check In
5:30 – 6:30 Dinner & Business Meeting
6:30 – 7:30 Keynote: David Molina
Making Sense of Ratios and Fractions
Is it a ratio? Is it a fraction? How do you know? How do you tell? How do we make sense of this extremely important, but very confusing, mathematical idea? Let's explore how to tell one from the other, how they are the same, and how they are different.
7:30 – 8:00 Where’s the Math? Activity
8:00 – 8:15 Closing Remarks/Door Prizes