Program
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Time
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Event
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Location
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8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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Teachers
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Information and meal ticket pick-up.
On-site
registration. It is highly recommended that teachers
register their students prior to attending. For more
information, see the Registration and
Parking page of this web site.
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McComas Hall
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Students
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Please visit the MSU desk during this time.
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9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
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All participants
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University Welcome and Competitions Award
Ceremony
Dr. Charles Lee, President
Mississippi
State University
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McComas Hall
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9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
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All participants
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Department Welcome
Who Was Sonia Kovalevsky?
Dr. Corlis Johnson, Associate Head
Department
of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi
State University
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McComas Hall
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9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
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All participants
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Learning Biology
Through Numbers
Prerequisites: Suitable for all attendees.
Dr.
Naisyin Wang, Professor
Department of
Statistics
Texas A & M
University
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McComas Hall
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10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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All participants
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Break
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11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Morning Workshop Session
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Students
Choose one workshop. In making your selection, please pay
attention to prerequisites.
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Workshop #1
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Playing with Patterns
Prerequisites: Suitable for all attendees.
Dr. Bruce Ebanks
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi State
University
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McCool Hall,
Room 101
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Workshop #2
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Equations or Experiments:
Using Math to do Chemistry.
Prerequisites: Alebra I.
Dr. Steve
Gwaltney
Department of Chemistry
Mississippi State
University
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McCool Hall,
Room 211
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Workshop #3
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Fractals / The Koch
Snowflake
Prerequisites: Suitable for all attendees.
Ms. Annalisa
Ebanks
East Mississippi
Community College
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McCool Hall,
Room 140
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Workshop #4
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Lotto Luck: A Computer
Demonstration of the Lottery
Prerequisites: Suitable for all attendees.
Dr.
Dongfeng Wu
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi
State University
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Allen Hall,
Room 14
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Teachers
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Easy to Use Free Statistical
Software
Ms. Lorraine Hughes
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi State
University
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Allen Hall,
Room 414
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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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All participants
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Lunch
The first 200 registered participants will receive a free
lunch. At 8:00 a.m. on the morning of the event, teachers
will be given lunch cards for themselves and the students
they registered.
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Any of the MSU dining facilities except those at the
College of Veternary Medicine.
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Afternoon Workshop Session A
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Students
Choose one workshop. In making your selection, please pay
attention to prerequisites.
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Workshop #1
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Inverse
Problems
Prerequisites: Suitable for all attendees.
Dr.
Tuncay Aktosun
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi
State University
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Allen Hall,
Room 14
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Workshop #2
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Using Chi-square Tests to
Determine the Genetics of Corn and of Corn Snakes
Prerequisites: Algebra I.
Dr. Marty
Harvill
Division
of Science and Mathematics
Mississippi
University for Women
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McCool Hall,
Room 101
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Workshop #3
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Time Travel
Prerequisites: Algebra I
Dr. Patrick Lestrade
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Mississippi
State University
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McCool Hall,
Room 140
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Workshop #4
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Cubics and
Quartics
Prerequisites: Algebra II.
Dr. Kevin Knudson
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi
State University
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McCool Hall,
Room 211
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Teachers
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Making the
Connections
Ms. Kim Walters
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi
State University
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Allen Hall,
Room 414
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2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Afternoon Workshop Session B
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Students
Choose one workshop. In making your selection, please pay
attention to prerequisites.
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Workshop #1
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The Seven Bridges
of Konigsburg
Prerequisites: Suitable for all attendees.
Dr.
Ted Dobson
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi
State University
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McCool Hall,
Room 101
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Workshop #2
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Mathematics Meets
Biology: Some Elementary Mathematical Models
Prerequisites: Algebra II.
Dr. Seth
Oppenheimer
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Mississippi
State University
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Allen Hall,
Room 14
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Workshop #3
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The Great Apple Market
Game
Prerequisites: Suitable for all attendees.
Dr. Keith Coble
Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi
State University
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McCool Hall,
Room 140
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Teachers
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Connections Between
Secondary Mathematics and Popular Films
Dr. Bonnie
Oppenheimer
Division
of Science and Mathematics
Mississippi
University for Women
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Allen Hall,
Room 414
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