Facilitated by Hortensia Soto, Professor of Mathematics, Colorado State University. If you have heard of the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," then you have an insight into this workshop. We will explore some mathematical topics in a life-size manner, but don’t worry, we can also explore it at a smaller level. There will be …

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Facilitated by Henri Picciotto. Tangrams and pentominoes are geometric puzzles which are fun and interesting for all ages. Can students use those manipulatives in an age of remote instruction? Yes! In this workshop, I will share virtual tools I created to make that possible. I will propose problems suitable for ages 9-99, and we will …

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Equal parts storyteller, teacher, and mathematician, Jason Ermer was once voted “most likely to lead children to their fictional doom.” Jason's passion for crafting interactive problem-solving experiences has filled his mathematics classroom with joy and puzzlement. In this session, join Jason in a discussion of the benefits (and the fun!) of combining mathematics with elements of storytelling. We'll …

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Facilitated by Pedro Morales-Almazán (University of California, Santa Cruz) We will explore some algorithms that make communicating possible despite errors and noise. We will talk about transforming messages into codes in such a way that errors in communication can be fixed seamlessly by the algorithm itself. Be prepared to encode and decode messages in an error …

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