Thursday, April 26, 2012: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Salon C (Marriott Downtown)
Lead Speaker:
Margaret J. Kenney
Explore the merits of dissections and decompositions. Investigations on dissecting and analyzing shapes and decomposing or recomposing numbers allow students to strengthen and expand their reasoning skills. The speaker will share examples and explorations designed to reveal ways to integrate geometry, algebra, and number into problem solving.
Presentation Format: 6-8 Session
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8