Topic: Geometry, Measurement Systems and Processes, Constructions, Transformations (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2013 Annual Meeting and Exposition)

Thursday, April 18, 2013

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Chaos Games and Fractal Images
Robert L. Devaney
Grade Band Audience: General Interest/All Audiences
108 (Convention Center)

Transform Triangle Congruence and Similarity by Using Core Math Tools
Brin Keller
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
605 (Convention Center)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

The Quadrilateral Hierarchy in the Common Core
Robin O'Dell and Nirmala Nutakki
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 3 to 5
503/504 (Convention Center)

And the Area Is . . . Because!
Kathleen M. Fick and Nicola D Edwards-Omolewa
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
Centennial Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency )

Coordinate Plane Transformations: Have You Got the Right Image?
Margaret Bambrick and Ruth Casey
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
Mile High 3 A (Convention Center)

NASA's Exploring Space through Geometry
Paulette Granger and Natalee Lloyd
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Mile High 1 A/B (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Murder, Mirrors, and Mythbusters: A Hands-On History of Conics
Brian D Sharp
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Mile High 2 A (Convention Center)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Properties of Quadrilaterals: Helpful Tips for Teaching and Learning
Aina K. Appova and Tetyana Berezovski
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5
503/504 (Convention Center)

Unpacking Geometry Problems from Boxes You Create
Nicholas J Restivo
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
104/106 (Convention Center)

107

Where Do Those Polygon Area Formulas Come From?
Betty B. Long and Deborah A. Crocker
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
103/105 (Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

117

Measuring Length and Time in the Common Core, Grades K–1
Constance Kamii
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
709/711 (Convention Center)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

154

Using Paper Folding to Explore Area for Grades 6–8
Cathy Banks
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
Mile High 4 C/D (Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

172

Introducing Area Measurement by Using Equipartitioning
Kenny Huy Nguyen
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
Mile High 2 C (Convention Center)

175

Measure Up: Garden-Based Learning for Length, Area, and Volume
James A Rye, Sarah Selmer and Sarah Kane
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, Preservice and Inservice
102 (Convention Center)

186

Reimagining High School Geometry
John Threlkeld and Pete Horsch
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
Mile High 4 A/B (Convention Center)

1:00 PM-2:15 PM

196

Delving Deeper into Pattern Block Designs: Can You Prove It?
Wanda C Noblin and Beverly C Vogt
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
Mile High 4 C/D (Convention Center)

201

Can You Find Pi in the Pumpkin Patch?
Judy K Ackermann
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5
Mile High 3 A (Convention Center)

202

Geometry Gems: Dissections That Promote Mathematical Thinking and Spatial Reasoning
Patricia S. Baggett and Andrzej Ehrenfeucht
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
Mineral Hall A-C (Hyatt Regency )

203

Geometry on a Shoestring Budget
David K Masunaga
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
503/504 (Convention Center)

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

256

Measurement: Line Segments to Rectangles to Rectangular Prisms
Richard Thiessen
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
Capitol Ballroom 5-7 (Hyatt Regency )

266

Solve Real Problems with Geometry and Algebra
Mary Kay Bacallao
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
Mile High 3 C (Convention Center)

Friday, April 19, 2013

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

312

Developing Spatial Sense in 3-D
Sandy Davis Trowell and Anne Reynolds
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5
501/502 (Convention Center)

313

Pump Up the Volume (Measurement)
Cheryl L. Eames, Melike Kara and Jeffrey E. Barrett
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
203 (Convention Center)

322

Making Sense of Similarity
Loring Coes
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
405 (Convention Center)

323

Nspiring Investigations of Quadrilaterals and Their Properties
Ilene Hamilton
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
107/109 (Convention Center)

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

331

M3: Making Measurement Meaningful
Latrenda Knighten
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
Centennial Ballroom E (Hyatt Regency )

337

Exploring Reasoning and Communication with Problems from Singapore Classrooms
Ban Har Yeap
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5
Capitol Ballroom 5-7 (Hyatt Regency )

344

Investigations of Paper Folding and Regular Polygons
Edward M. Knote and Evonne Pankowski
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
103/105 (Convention Center)

347

Alternative Assessments in Geometry
Janet C Kagan
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Mile High 3 C (Convention Center)

351

What’s So Cool about Sierpinski?
Rachelle D Meyer, Shandi Spruill and Trena L. Wilkerson
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
704/706 (Convention Center)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

387

How Big Is Big? Primary Measurement Activities
Jeanine L. Haistings
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, PreK to 2
Mile High 3 C (Convention Center)

395

Regular Polygons with Fraction Circles
Armando M Martinez-Cruz, Jose Contreras and Patrick Kimani
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
Mineral Hall D/E (Hyatt Regency )

399

Building Geometric Thinkers
Cory A. Bennett
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 6 to 8
Mile High 4 C/D (Convention Center)

405

Connecting Geometric Constructions to Mathematical Proof
Anne Papakonstantinou and Richard Parr
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
Mineral Hall A-C (Hyatt Regency )

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

417

Pump Up the Volume: Hands-On, Minds-On Measurement Tasks
Carrie S. Cutler
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
705/707 (Convention Center)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

451

Using Origami Boxes to Explore Concepts of Geometry and Calculus
Arsalan Wares
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
607 (Convention Center)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

480

Transformational Geometry and the Core Math Tools
W. Gary Martin
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
705/707 (Convention Center)

1:00 PM-2:15 PM

488

Ge-O-Me-Try: Developing a Foundation in Geometry
Kim Bowen
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
Centennial Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency )

497

Using Coffee Stirrers to Develop and Test Geometric Concepts
Carolyn L. White and Susan Troutman
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
406/407 (Convention Center)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

529

English Language Learners' Use of Gestures in Arguments
Marta Civil
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8
405 (Convention Center)

539

Transformational Geometry: Linking Geometry and Algebra with the Common Core
Vivian La Ferla
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12
207 (Convention Center)

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

542.4

Let Geometry “Envelope” Your Students via Foldable Projects
ExWksp F. Dinah Zike Academy
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
302 (Convention Center)

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

549

Exploring Polygon Properties with a Piece of Rope
Dana T. Johnson and Marguerite M. Mason
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5
503/504 (Convention Center)

558

Going in Circles: Math Teachers’ Circles
Mary Garner, Virginia Watson and Beth Rogers
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
Mineral Hall D/E (Hyatt Regency )

Saturday, April 20, 2013

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8:00 AM-9:15 AM

624

License Plate Math: Palindromes, Graphing, and Transformations
Ryan Andrew Nivens
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
103/105 (Convention Center)

635.1

Calculator Scene Investigation
Mary R. Walz
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12
506/507 (Convention Center)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

649

Iterative Model Building: Questioning to Create Geometric Student Thinking Models
Crystal Vesperman and Julie Amador
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5
705/707 (Convention Center)

655

Framing Questions to Engage All Students in Geometric Reasoning
Carol E. Malloy
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12, 6 to 8
Four Seasons 2/3 (Convention Center)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

664

It's a Rhombus, Not a Diamond: Meaningful Geometric Experiences
Amy C. Mayfield and Lisa Rogers
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2
603 (Convention Center)

672

Thinking Outside the Box: A Chocolatey Optimization Problem
Rita Sanchez and Greta Keltz
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, 6 to 8
111/113 (Convention Center)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

722

Tilings and Tessellations: Using Geometer’s Sketchpad for Investigation and Proof
Melissa McAninch, Taehoon Choi and Laurentius A. Susadya
Grade Band Audience: Preservice and Inservice, 9 to 12
708/710/712 (Convention Center)