JOIN US FOR THE ATMOPAV "SPRING MATH FLING"!
Wednesday, May 1, 2019. 
4:30 to 7:00pm, Germantown Academy Upper School
All tickets - $10

Two "My Favorites" sessions, followed by an evening of games, puzzles, prizes and tasty Hors D'Oeuvres. Participate in an engaging classroom activity with our ATMOPAV network of friends!

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"My Favorites" Sessions - 30 minutes each

My Favorite Task for Teaching Confidence Intervals
Ruth Carver. Grade Level 10-12
Confidence Intervals play a key role in inferential thinking. Students often struggle with conceptual understanding of a confidence interval and confidence level. Participants will construct confidence intervals for the long-run proportion of red skittles in the production process and use their constructed intervals to determine what you can and cannot say about a confidence interval and a confidence level. We’ll follow up the hands-on activity (and eating of Skittles) with an applet for constructing confidence intervals.

My Favorite Task for Linear and Angular Velocity
Bob Lochel. Grade Level 9-12
Let students experience velocity through a group "trig whip".
In this activity, students will "feel" linear and angular velocity through a group chain. We'll measure time, radius, and angular displacement and summarize the roles of each from each learner's perspective. Extensions to geometric construction and dynamic geometry applications will also be shared.

My Favorite Task for Solving Linear Systems
Andy and Beth Benzing. Grade Level 7-10
Jolly Ranchers and Starbursts set the stage for students to develop a conceptual understanding of systems of linear equations prior to them backing into the elimination/linear combination technique all with little teacher direction. Come and find out why generating equal coefficients with different signs might be the last step and not the first. 

My Favorite Task for Special Relations, Functions and Notation
Andy and Beth Benzing. Grade Level 9-11
Come on ride the function train, wear your Halloween costume, follow up with a card sort and then let's eat some popcorn. Students won't memorize the vertical line test but rather offer up the vending machine that is headed for the trash heap. Build an understanding with your students which will reduce the number of times you will hear "f times x". Your Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus teachers will thank you.

My Favorite Task to Visualize, Construct, and Measure Shapes
Mindy Civan. Grade Level 3-6
Students create a large holiday table, where they plan, measure, and cut out plates, cups, napkins… and then calculate dimensions.  Asking students to apply these formulas on shapes that they have created is engaging and reveals which students have internalized the formulas for perimeter, circumference and area, and vocabulary such as parallel, perpendicular, symmetrical and similar.

My Favorite Task for Focusing on Ideas, Not Answers            
Annie Fetter. Grade Level: K-5
Explaining their reasoning when students decide Which One Doesn’t Belong? shifts the focus from “the answer” to students’ ideas and is an activity that engages all students, not just the ones who think they’re good at math.  We’ll explore shapes and numbers as we decide which one doesn’t belong in a broad set of pictures.

My Favorite Task for Exploring Surface Area
Annie Fetter. Grade Level: 6-8
We’ll try out a 3-Act Task that incorporates Noticing and Wondering, estimation, surface area, math without numbers, and more!

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES:​

​NCTM ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
April 3-6, 2019. San Diego, CA
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ATMOPAV SPRING CONFERENCE:
May 1, 2019. Germantown Academy; Fort Washington, PA

PCTM ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
August 6-8, 2019. Harrisburg, PA

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PAST CONFERENCES

Fall 2018 Conference- Hatboro-Horsham High School

The 2018 ATMOPAV fall conference was held October 27th, 2018 at Hatboro-Horsham High School. In addition to many great sessions and workshops, ATMOPAV held their board elections. Congratulations to our new board for 2019: 

President: Nancy Craft
1st Vice-President: Franci Dempsey
2nd Vice-President: Steve Fuguet
Membership Chair: Bob Lochel
Treasurer: Mark Wasmansdorf
Secretary: Sonya Wasmansdorf

ATMOPAV would like to thank Steve Fuguet and Franci Dempsey for organizing the conference, and  special thanks to Texas Instruments and Dana Morse for their sponsorship of breakfast. For those who would like to access the files of selected workshops, please visit the link below. 

2018 SPEAKER FILES


Fall 2017 Conference - Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Thanks to Nancy Craft, Franci Dempsey and the conference team for their amazing work!

Many of our speakers have graciously shared their resources.  Click the link here to access the files on Dropbox: 2017 SPEAKER FILES

Thanks to our breakfast and prize sponsors - FlipGrid and Desmos

Spring 2017 Conference and Awards - Germantown Academy

AWARDS:
ATMOPAV Past President
Beth Benzing

Outstanding Contribution to ATMOPAV
Sonya Wassmansdorf

Mabel Elliot Student Teacher Award
Eleni Nikolopoulos

NCTM Regional Conference - Philadelphia

Mary Palladino and her team coordinated over 60 volunteers for the regional conference, with over 2,000 attendees present. Congratulations to Heather, a student volunteer from Susquehanna University, who was the winner of the volunteer ipad raffle. 

Fall 2015 Conference - Ursinus College

Thanks to Mary Palladino and Lisa Grossbauer for their enthusistic work in organizing the fall conference.  We also appreciate the support of Ursinus College and the many student volunteers who made the for a wonderful day of "sense-making".  Finally, please visit the Google folder linked to below, where many presenters have graciously shared their materials:

FALL 2015 CONFERENCE SPEAKER MATERIALS
 
Spring 2015 Conference and Awards - Germantown Academy

AWARDS:
Outstanding Contribution to Mathematics Education
Marian Avery

ATMOPAV Past President
Sue Negro

ATMOPAV Past Newsletter Editor
Lynn Hughes

Outstanding Contribution to ATMOPAV
Bob Lochel

Alan Barson Novice Teacher Award
Val Cilli

Mabel Elliot Student Teacher Award
Cara Sulyok

Spring 2014 Conference and Awards - Germantown Academy

AWARDS:
Outstanding Contribution to Mathematics Education
The Math Forum at Drexel

Outstanding Contribution to ATMOPAV
Hank Field