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Northwest Mathematics Interaction WorkshopAlumni Reunion Workshop
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Date and time: August 12, 2000, 9:00 to 4:00, 7:00 to 9:00 and August 13, 9:00 to 12:00
Location: University of Washington, Hansee Hall
Clock hours available.
Twenty-five teachers gathered for the annual NWMI Alumni Reunion Workshop.
| Philip Mallinson challenged the group to rethink the concept of regular polygon. (The secret word is flag-regular). Later he showed us the secret geometryand origami of that European A4 paper. |
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| Brian Hopkins led the group through a hands-on approach to graph theory. |
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| Rob Judson showed us how to make origami cubeoctahedra. What's better, he talked about the geometry and even used Sketchpad to draw the origami units. |
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| Carol Haid and Kyla Gellerson led the construction of some cool straw polyhedra based on tensegrity structures. |
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| Rachel Harrington presented ingenious ideas for celebrating that important holiday Pi Day (3.14). |
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| Saturday evening was the time for a very stimulating session of sharing by alumni. Here George Thornton talks about work with his students on fractals. |
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| The BIG geometry project this year was the construction of BIG origami boxes, organized superbly by Ronda and Will Webber. |
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| The person responsible for organizing the whole super weekend was Karen Hall. |
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