AMSP Summer 2005 Workshop - Geometry for Middle School Teachers

With Additions from the 2006 Summer Workshop

General Information

• AMSP Powerpoint
• Workshop Schedule (NEEDS UPDATING)
• 2006 Workshop Schedule
• AMSP Website Notes
• Activity Record
• Sounding Board
• Measurement Bingo Warmup
• Punny Geometry Warmup

Websites

• AMSP Website
• Other Initiatives in the Region
  • ARSI Website
  • ACCLAIM Website
• Standards
  • NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
  • Kentucky Core Content for Assessment
  • Tennessee Curriculum Standards
  • Virginia Standards of Learning
• Mathematics and Geometry
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
  • Mathematics Association of American
  • American Mathematical Society
  • Connected Mathematics Project
  • Connected Mathematics Videos
  • Math Forum
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  • The Geometry Center
  • The Geometry Junkyard
  • Connected Geometry (High School)
  • Geometry in Utopia
  • Native American Geometry
  • Geometry Scavenger Hunt
  • On Being the Right Size
  • Powers of Ten
  • Google Earth
  • Google SketchUp
  • Heinemann. This is a link where you can purchase the "Connecting Mathematical Ideas: Middle School Video Cases to Support Teaching and Learning" by Jo Boaler and Cathy Humphreys
• Software
  • Peanut Software Homepage
  • Wingeom Website
  • Wingeom Tutorial (from the Wingeom website)
  • POV-Ray Website
  • TI.com
  • Information on TI Connect
  • FractaSketch (for the Macintosh)
  • LDraw is an open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes. You can use it to document models you have physically built, creating building instructions just like LEGO, render 3D photo realistic images of your vitual models and even make animations.
• General Teaching Resources
  • AAA Math - Basic Math Skills
  • Video Placement Worldwide
  • Teaching Tools
  • 4 Teachers (including Rubistar Rubric maker and Project-Based Learning checklists)
  • ALEKS Math Tutor
  • National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
  • ETA Cuisenaire
  • NASCO
  • Math Projects Journal
  • Mathematics Worksheet Factory

Covering and Surrounding

• List of Topics
• Measuring Polygons with the TI-73 Geoboard
• Area Formulas with the TI-73
• Rectangular Dog Pen
• Bird's Eye View
• Storm Shelter Data Sheet
• Exploring Pi with the TI-73
• Exploring Pi with Wingeom
• Citrus Circles

Filling and Wrapping

• List of Topics
• Measuring Prisms
• Ice Cream Cone
  • Cone1 (Wingeom file)
  • Cone2 (Wingeom file)
  • Obj3D1 (Wingeom file)
  • Obj3D2 (Wingeom file)
• Making Prisms and Pyramids with Wingeom
• Making Regular Prisms and Pyramids with Wingeom
• Cavalieri's Principle Example (Wingeom file)
• Play Dough Recipe
• Radius Squares and Proofs by Pictures
• Pyramid Puzzles
• Volumes and Surface Areas of Prisms and Pyramids
• Disproportionate Dolls
• Disproportional Dolls - Teacher's Guide
• Basketball Court Measurements
• Folding Nets with Wingeom (animate with the # slider)
  • Folding Pyramid
  • Folding Tetrahedron
  • Folding Cube
  • Folding Octahedron
  • Folding Dodecahedron
  • Folding Icosahedron

Ruins of Montarek

• List of Topics
• Thorleif's SOMA Page
• Making Polyhedra with Modular Origami
• Cubes from Business Cards
• Viewing Buildings with Wingeom
  • Building1.1.wg3 (Wingeom file)
  • Building1.6.1.wg3 (Wingeom file)
  • Building1.6.2.wg3 (Wingeom file)
  • Building1.6.3.wg3 (Wingeom file)
  • Building1.6.4.wg3 (Wingeom file)
• Reflecting Polygons with Wingeom
  • Reflection1.2.wg2 (Wingeom file)
• Reflected Buildings with Wingeom
  • Reflection1.6.wg3 (Wingeom file)
• Constructing Buildings with Wingeom
• Wingeom Directions
• Viewing Shapes with Wingeom
  • Building4.3.wg3 (Wingeom file)
• Scaling Buildings
• Three Dimensional Coordinates
• Constructing Buildings with POV-Ray
  • Cubes.pov (POV-Ray file)
  • POV-Ray Textures
• Constructing Other Polyhedra with Wingeom
• Wingeom with Coordinates
• Constructing Other Polyhedra with POV-Ray
  • Pyramid.pov (POV-Ray file)
• Constructing Other Shapes with POV-Ray
  • Shapes.pov (POV-Ray file)
• Spheres.pov (POV-Ray file)
• Spheres.ppt (Powerpoint file)
• Lee Roher's Powerpoint Lesson for Ruins of Montarek, Part 1 (Powerpoint file)
• Lee Roher's Powerpoint Lesson for Ruins of Montarek, Part 2 (Powerpoint file)
• Lee Roher's Powerpoint Lesson for Ruins of Montarek, Part 3 (Powerpoint file)
• Lee Roher's Powerpoint Lesson for Ruins of Montarek, Part 4 (Powerpoint file)
• Lee Roher's Powerpoint Lesson for Ruins of Montarek, Part 5 (Powerpoint file)
• Lee Roher's Powerpoint Lesson for Ruins of Montarek, Part 6 (html file)