Thursday, April 14, 2016: 9:45 AM-11:00 AM
3018 (Moscone)
Lead Speaker:
Peg Cagle
Explore how what began as a cup rolling on a table became a low-floor, high-ceiling problem used to build significant math over the course of a year in geometry. Revisiting the same task emphasizes math as reasoning not simply answer-getting, as ideas from cut and paste to application of trig functions are employed to reason about the same scenario.
Presentation Format: 8-10 Workshop