Fall 2017 Conference in Monterey, Dec 8-9, 2017
The 45th Annual Fall Conference was held in Monterey on Dec 8-9, 2017 at Hyatt Regency Inn.
Friday Keynote Speaker: Konstantin Batygin, Caltech
Planet 9 from Outer Space
At the outskirts of the solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune, lies an expansive field of icy debris known as the Kuiper belt. The orbits of the individual asteroid-like bodies within the Kuiper belt trace out highly elongated elliptical paths, and require hundreds to thousands of years to complete a single revolution around the Sun. Although the majority of the Kuiper belt’s dynamical structure can be understood within the framework of the known eight-planet solar system, bodies with orbital periods longer than about 4,000 years exhibit a peculiar orbital alignment that eludes explanation. What sculpts this alignment and how is it preserved? In this talk, I will argue that the observed clustering of Kuiper belt orbits can be maintained by a distant, eccentric, Neptune-like planet, whose orbit lies in approximately the same plane as those of the distant Kuiper belt objects, but is anti-aligned with respect to those of the small bodies. In addition to accounting for the observed grouping of orbits, the existence of such a planet naturally explains other, seemingly unrelated dynamical features of the solar system.
Konstantin Batygin is an Assistant Professor of Planetary Sciences and the Van Nuys Page Scholar at Caltech. He has been recognized by the 2015 Forbes list of 30 scientists under 30 who are changing the world, and has been named one of the “Brilliant 10 People of 2016 by Popular Science magazine.
Saturday Keynote Speaker: Brandy Wiegers
Math Saves the Day
How we use math to help with preventing, understanding, and assisting with disasters? In this presentation we will examine the BP Oil Spill, Oroville Dam Failure, and Hurricane Harvey using a mathematical lens. Several quantitative tools will be introduced to examine these national events and help our students better contextualize these events. The material presented can be modified to be used in classroom activities for all levels of students and will include problem solving and interactive exploration.
Prior to her current position Dr. Wiegers spent twelve years in California including five years working at San Francisco State University as a Program Director of Outreach and Student Success. In this position Wiegers was the Director of the San Francisco Math Circle, the Co-Director of the SFSU (CM)^2 NSF GK12 program, and the Director of the Bay Area Circle for Teachers. In addition she had the opportunity to be involved with Math Circles, Bridge to Engineering Pathways (B2E), Adventures in Precalculus! and various professional development efforts. She has continued this work in various forms in Washington, having founded the Kittitas Valley Math Circle, served as Director of the CWU Math Honors program, and more. Dr. Wiegers’s presentation will bring these experiences together to provide an introduction to mathematical problem solving, outreach, and more. Learn more about Dr. Brandy at her website Dr. Brandy Wiegers or @drbrandymath.
Schedule of the Saturday Concurrent Sessions
Presentations provided can be found below.
| Room/Session | Session 1 9:00 am - 10:00 am |
Session 2 10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Session 3 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Session 4 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Regency I General Interest |
Classroom Management Practices that Don’t Hurt Our Students Vanson Nguyen College of Alameda |
All the Things You Aren’t Daryl Allen Solano Community College |
Flipping Your Classroom George Woodbury College of the Sequoias |
Ellipse into a Parabola? Joel Siegel Sierra College |
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Regency II Issues and Panels |
Quantitative Reasoning - Global Numeracy, Global Change John Thoo Yuba College |
Math is Fun Vic Hovsepian Rio Hondo College |
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wold David Schroerlucke City College of San Francisco |
ADJUNCT PANEL Jennifer Carlin-Goldberg, Organizer Santa Rosa Junior College |
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Regency III Developmental Math |
English Learners in the Math Classroom Felicia Darling Santa Rosa Junior College |
Teaching a Prestatisitcs Course: Propelling Non-STEM Students Forward Jay Lehmann College of San Mateo |
OEI and OER for Math Larry Green Lake Tahoe Community College Powerpoint First MyOpenMath Canvas Video Second MyOpenMath Canvas Video |
Best Practices in Learning and Teaching Mathematics: Reading to Learn, Writing to Think Wade Ellis West Valley College |
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Regency IV Precalculus and Above |
Roads? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads Trey Cox Chandler Gilbert Community College Powerpoint |
Academic Math Camps Lead to Student Success Ken Rand Hartnell College |
Make the Eigenvalue Problem Resonate With Our Students Jeff Anderson Foothill College |
Into the Fifth Dimension: Einstein, Laluza-Klein, and Doctor Who Roderick Thompson City College of San Francisco |
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Regency V Technology |
Re-thinking Statistical Independence in the Introductory Statistics Course Lori Maloney Sacramento City College Powerpoint |
Three Challenges From Probability, and I Thought It Was So Obvious Karl K Ting Hartnell College |
Dogged by Bad Luck? Me Too Charles S Barnett Powerpoint |
No session |
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Regency VI Statistics |
Get Your Math Classes Into the Hands of Your Students Heather Schmidt 3C Media Solutions Palomar College |
Advance Math Instruction with Professional Learning Network Michelle Du Breuil Professional Learning Network |
Technology Is My Frienemy Kendra Lockman City College of San Francisco |
No session |
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Other Events
MC3 Monterey Pre-Conference AB 705 Discussion, December 8, 5:00 to 6:30 pm in Regency IV-V
Led by Larry Green from Lake Tahoe Community College and Ginni May from Sacramento City College
AB 705 which was recently signed into law states, "This bill requires a community college district or college to maximize the probability that the student will enter and complete transfer-level coursework in English and mathematics within a one-year timeframe, and use, in the placement of students into English and mathematics courses in order to achieve this goal, one or more of the following: high school coursework, high school grades, and high school grade point average."
Our discussion will provide the latest information about what is required, what we know, and what we don’t know. In addition, we will share how various California Community College’s mathematics departments have implemented policies and curriculum that address this law. We welcome all CMC3 members to join us for this discussion to listen and/or to share what your college is doing.
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