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![]() Discrete Mathematics: Puzzles, Patterns, and Proof |
Workshop Schedule SUNDAY June 11 Most participants are arriving. See Travel page for check-in information. MONDAY June 12 10:00 - 1:00 Arrival on campus 1:00 - 1:30 Welcome and paperwork 1:30 – 2:00 “Josephus problem” warmup 2:00 – 2:30 Introductions / Standards (CUPM, NCTM/MET, ACM) 2:30 - 4:30 Building the “recursive thinking” thread 4:30 - 5:00 Tour of facilities and resources 5:30 - 7:30 Opening banquet (Walk to Knute’s) TUESDAY June 13 7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast 8:30 - 9:00 “Set scavenger hunt” warmup 9:30 - 11:30 Puzzles and magic tricks 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 1:30 Discussion of topics and interests for Friday presentations 1:30 – 2:00 “Counting” warmup 2:00 – 4:30 Simulations 4:30 – 5:00 “Composition of relations” warmup 5:00 - 5:30 Formation of teams for Friday presentations 5:30 - 7:00 Dinner on campus WEDNESDAY June 14 7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast 8:30 – 9:00 “Fun with logarithms!” warmup 9:00 –11:30 Building the “algorithmic thinking” thread 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 3:00 Focus on Computer Science 3:00 – 8:00 Outing to Gettysburg THURSDAY June 15 7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast 8:30 – 9:00 “Smullyan’s Island” warmup 9:00 – 10:30 Two-player games of strategy 10:30 – 11:30 Flash tools for graph theory 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 1:30 “Logic Puzzles” warmup 1:30 – 3:30 A constructivist approach to “proof” 3:30 – 5:00 Presentation preparation time (Everyone) 5:30 – 8:30 Cookout dinner at Ensley’s FRIDAY June 16 7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast 8:30 – 9:00 Assessment 9:00 – 11:00 Presentations: My favorite discrete math application. (Everyone) 11:00 – Wrap-up / Lunch / Depart |