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Below you will find a description of Pat McKeague’s talks, followed by a list of the dates and locations of his talks for 2006/2007. Titles and Descriptions Islam, Mathematics, and Culture Across the Curriculum Enter the city of Baghdad in the year 760 and begin an interesting journey that includes Euclid and Fibonacci, allows us to reinforce some of the main concepts in developmental algebra, while painting a picture of diverse cultures cooperating to advance mathematics throughout the world. The Human Cannonball and Other Applications for Trigonometry This talk contains a mixture of applications for trigonometry. Among the applications are the spiral of roots, the human cannonball, and the first Ferris wheel. We will see how these applications can enhance the teaching of trigonometry, and how technology can be used to polish these applications. Patterns and Connections from the Spiral of Roots to the Chaos Game This talk is about my two favorite topics in mathematics: patterns, and links between seemingly unrelated items. We start with the spiral of roots and end with the chaos game. The journey will take us by Pascal's triangle, the Fibonacci sequence, and the Sierpinski triangle. You will have a chance to participate by constructing and connecting some of these items. This talk can be given as a workshop also Astronomy, Postage Stamps, Conic Sections and Eccentricity We use interesting facts from astronomy to make topics from algebra to calculus come alive. Postage stamps and history brighten things up even more. Out of this comes a suggestion to make eccentricity a standard part of our treatment of conic sections. Five Minutes to a More Satisfying Course Reserve five minutes of every class meeting for the things you find interesting in, and around, mathematics, and you will be surprised how much you can accomplish. Examples will include the golden rectangle, continued fractions, foreign language texts, and Internet animations. Pointing Our Students toward Careers in Teaching I think we can start looking in our developmental algebra classes for the next generation of community college mathematics instructors. You will be surprised how little effort it takes to move in this direction, and how rewarding the process is for both you and your students. Dates and Locations
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