The University of Illinois at Chicago invites you and your CPS colleagues to the:
Spring 2007 CPS-UIC Math Forum
(an expansion of the former Algebra Symposium)
Apr 12 (Second Thursday)
4:30 to 7:30 PM
2nd Floor Taft Hall
Apr 12: Mathematics, Real Estate, and Home Building
Are your students looking for relevance in their math course? The building and buying and selling of homes can be a great source for practical mathematics. Check out these articles in the March 11 Tribune Real Estate section:
Click here for article "Two-by-6 wall studs, set 24 inches apart, allow for more insulation and use less wood" When is an asserted savings really a savings? What information must you supply? Can you connect this with patterns and linear functions?
Click here for article "How can the government report nearly 6 percent average appreciation on existing homes while the most comprehensive private-sector study of selling prices says they're down by more than 3 percent?" Is a median really resistant to change?
Please save Apr 12 and May 10 (both are the second Thursday of the month) for future independent workshops. Come as a group for some departmental team-building. There are stipends and CPDU credits.
John Baldwin and John Masley will lead discussions on how to connect this and similar problems to Chicago classrooms. Feel free to bring in your own examples. Even better, e-mail or fax (312-996-1491) them in advance so we can have copies available.
4:30 - 4:45 Sign in, informal networking
4:45: Welcome and introduction of the questions for small group discussion.
5:00: Small group workshops and networking
5:35: Readouts from the small groups to the whole team.
5:55: Light supper and networking
6:25: Follow on with small groups and a readout
7:15: Wrap-up, forms and survey, bring your parking ticket for validation
CPS Teacher Benefits: $56 stipend and 3 CPDU credits
Dinner and Parking Included
Taft Hall is located on the campus of UIC
826 S.Halsted, Chicago IL
Parking is available at the Halsted and Taylor Street Parking Structure
John Baldwin, and John Masley welcome your suggestions for topics. Check back here for details on this program.
To reserve your space at the Apr 12 Forum, either:
312-413-3750
