March 1998

This month's Teacher Partner meeting was only a one-day session due to the Appalachian Region Instructional Materials Showcase a few days later in Charleston, West Virginia. Al and Janet discussed sponsoring Math/Science Family nights and what activities could be done to interest parents and the community. Our presenter, Dr. Thompson, demonstrated and explained how to use Algeblocks to teach mathematics used more concrete ideas. Using these blocks students can physically represent algebra and other variable-type mathematic concepts.

Janet talks about the past Math/Science Family nights she has done.

 

Everybody thinks of good projects they could do for a Math/Science family night.

 

Dr. Thompson explains what each of the blocks represents mathematically.

 

Dr. Thompson poses an algebra equation for the TPs to solve using the blocks.

 

The TPs and other guests work to solve all of Dr. Thompson's equations using this new method.

 

A drawing was held to raffle off the set of instructor Algeblocks (the large ones) for a lucky teacher.

 

Christine and other teachers from her school district pose for a quick picture after the session.