Triangle MTC
The Triangle Math Teachers’ Circle (click here) is an initiative hosted by the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University. It welcomes anybody interested in the teaching profession, at any level, with an interest in learning and practicing the pedagogical approaches of math circles as they pertain to creative problem-solving. This project collaborates with the Chapel Hill Math Circle and is a member organization of the Math Teachers’ Circle Network and the North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles.
What is a Math Teachers’ Circle? We come together to solve rich mathematics problems in a community.
Why should you come to one of our meetings?
Creative frustration
Empathy for students
Learn from other teachers
Re-kindle enthusiasm for mathematics, gain confidence in teaching it to others
Workshops for 2022 -23
Who: Ben Orlin, author of Math with Bad Drawings and Math Games with Bad Drawings (https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/about-2/ )
When: Tuesday September 20, 6:30-8:30 online
How to register: https://bit.ly/TMTCSept2022
We will play some of the games from the book, do some joyful math, and maybe learn some things to bring back to our classroom.
Who: Julie Barnes and Robin Anderson
What: Math Escape Room and Building Math Classrooms
Where: SAS Hall, NCSU, Raleigh NC
When: Saturday October 22, 9-3 PM. Includes lunch!
Get some mathematical adrenaline to take into the rest of Fall semester.
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Workshops for 2020 -21
Dates and Times are subject to change. Check our home page for the most up to date information and to register.
Saturday September 12, 10AM-Noon Sprouts workshop. Pullen park shelter #3. 3-4:30 online (register to get the invitation to the meeting). Registration: https://bit.ly/TMTCOnlineSprouts and https://bit.ly/TMTCSprouts
Workshops for 2019-20
Dates and Times are subject to change. Check our home page for the most up to date information and to register.
Friday/Saturday Sept. 13/14: Why Not 10,000 Math Facts? Eric O'Brien will be in Durham as the featured presenter in the workshop.
Saturday October 12, 3-5 PM. Zombies and Mazes! Location TBA, somewhere in northern Wake County. Led by Kim Johnson.
Saturday November 16, 3-5 PM.Mathematical Magic. Led by Tom Keeler at the Chapel Hill Library.
Saturday January 11, 3-5 PM. Art+Math. At the Nasher Art Museum in Durham.
Saturday, February 1 . A full day workshop at NCSU.
"The Watermelon Problem - Slicing and Dicing with Lines and Planes" with Linda Green, Department of Math at UNC, Chapel Hill.
"Imaging: the science (and mathematics) of seeing what is invisible to others" with Arvind Saibaba, Department of Math, NCSU
For photos from the workshop, click here.
Saturday March 14, 3-5 PM. Pi Day! Chapel Hill Library. Leader TBA.
Saturday April 18, 3-5 PM. Taxicab Math. Meredith College, Raleigh. Led by Julie Kolb.
Workshops for 2018-19:
Saturday, September 29th, 2018: 10-12, Chapel Hill Library Mark McCombs, Origami
Mark McCombs . 10-12, Chapel Hill Public Library Origami and mathematics. Mark has been teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for nearly 30 years. He has led students in origami at the Julia Robinson math festival as well as leading teachers at conference
October 13, 10-12, NC Art Museum lobby, Maria Droujkova, Math Scavenger hunt
November 10, 10-12, location TBA (possibly UNC campus, possibly the Student lounge, possibly a coffee shop =) Jack Snoeyink, mathematical magic
January 19, 10-12, Earth Fare, Brierdale shopping center, Raleigh. “The Watermelon Problem: Slicing and dicing with lines and planes” with Dr. Linda Green.
February 16, 10-12, Hunt Library, NCSU. “The Very Large (but not infinite) Library of Babel” with Dr. Kim Johnson.
March 16, 10-12, Chapel Hill Library. “The Turing Tumble”, with Tom Keeler.
April 13, 10-12, SAS Hall, NCSU. “Medical Imaging and other real life uses for mathematics” with Dr. Arvind Krishna Saibaba.
For more info, contact: trianglemtc@gmail.com
Join our mailing list here.
The Triangle Math Teachers’ Circle is an initiative hosted by the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University. It welcomes anybody interested in the teaching profession, at any level, with an interest in learning and practicing the pedagogical approaches of math circles as they pertain to creative problem-solving. This project collaborates with the Chapel Hill Math Circle and is a member organization of the Math Teachers’ Circle Network and the North Carolina Network of Math Teachers’ Circles.
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Past Workshops: 2017-18
Monday November 20, 5-7, Candy Cane Algebra, Dr. Kim Johnson, Sterling Montessori, Morrisville
Tuesday January 16, 5:30-7:30, Creative Problem Solving, Dr. Jere Confrey, 407 Gorman St. Raleigh
Saturday February 24, 10-12, Mathematics of Set, Martha Bizzell and Dr. Kim Johnson, Chapel Hill Library
Saturday April 14, 10-12, Topics We Hate to Teach, Dr. Irina Kogan, NCSU campus
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