Last week, two mathematics conferences were held in San Diego: The NCSM (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics) and the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics).  This is the second in a series of posts from those conferences. The vendor exhibit hall at the National Conference of Teachers of Mathematics reminds me of a [...]

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Last week, two mathematics conferences were held in San Diego: The NCSM (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics) and the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The first focuses on mathematics teacher-leaders and includes supervisors, coaches, and just about anyone who works at a department head level or is involved in a Professional Learning [...]

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Sponsored by the American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the theme for April’s Math Awareness Month (MAM) is Mathematics and Sports.  From the press release: Sports offers a cornucopia of instances involving data, strategies and chance, each of which is perfectly [...]

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Are you ready? Ice cube tray available at Think Geek. Too late to shop? There are online cards at piday.org: The San Francisco Exploratorium is celebrating their 22nd annual Pi Day: Come create Pi puns, participate in Pi-related antics—and have a slice of pie Activities, music, and stories at Teachpi.org. The site owners have sorted [...]

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I know you’re on the edge of your seat. World Metrology Day is celebrated annually on May 20, the anniversary of  the international agreement on units of measurement finalized at the Metre Convention in Paris, France in 1875. World Metrology Day (WMD) commemorates the signing of the treaty and it is a day when all [...]

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