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SCCTM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS NOVEMBER 16 - 17, 2023
Thursday Session E10 11:40 - 1:00 202B
EdVenture’s Math Games
Teachers will participate in EdVenture’s popular Math Games program that provides a chance
to apply math concepts to real life problems and puzzles. Participants will work in teams in a
competitive game show format to solve a series of challenges that require critical thinking and
creativity, seeing how mathematics is a part of everyday life and how their choices will impact
their final score. May the odds (and evens) be ever in your favor!
Interest Level: Grades K- 5th
Elena Tudor
Program Educator at EdVenture Children’s Museum
Na’Siya Stout
Program Educator at EdVenture Children’s Museum
Thursday Session E11 11:40 - 1:00 202C
Cultural Competency: Providing Equitable Math
Instruction through Cultural Relevance
Focus on conceptual understanding of “big ideas”: linear equations, quadratics, multiple
representations, thinking graphically, words to symbols, use structure, solve systems using
creative technology integration. Obtain activities, strategies, exam questions that augment
what you do for test prep. Address how differently ACT/SAT ask questions.
Interest Level: Prek - Grade 2, 3 - 12, Higher Education, Coaches, Leaders, Preservice Teachers
India White
Big Ideas Learning/National Geographic Learning
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