December Metamorphosis Workshops

Nov 11, 2021 | What's New at Metamorphosis TLC

Are you ready to re-energize your teaching practice after a tough two years of hybrid teaching?

Metamorphosis is here to help with high-quality, innovative professional development opportunities to ensure teachers, schools, and students flourish throughout COVID and beyond.

Check out our virtual professional development workshops for Middle and High School Math Teachers are scheduled for December 7th, 8th, and 9th.

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (Eastern Time US and Canada)

Cost: $35 per person, per workshop.

Register here.

1) Kids Can Explore Pooled Virus Testing Starting with Vinegar and Water Workshop (Dec. 7)

We will take an in depth look at the introduction to pooled testing we recommend for this suite of lessons. We will explore concrete examples of modeling that can engage students by directly relating the mathematics and statistics in this suite of lessons to problems facing our public health system in the US, and around the world. The models are designed for use with middle and high school, but can be used for undergraduate courses or public presentations.

2) Engaging Lessons for Pre-Algebra and Algebra: Pooled Virus Testing Workshop (Dec. 8)

Are you seeking ways to engage your students in math that are relevant, useful, accessible, and real? Join us to explore and model pooled virus testing, a method of making virus testing more efficient and cost-effective. These are lessons designed for middle and high school.

3) Functions as Mathematical Models for Pooled Virus Testing Workshop (Dec. 9)

Join us to explore and model pooled virus testing, a method of making virus testing more efficient and cost-effective. These are lessons designed for high school students in Advanced Algebra, Precalculus or Calculus courses.

1) Kids Can Explore Pooled Virus Testing Starting with Vinegar and Water Workshop (Dec. 7)

We will take an in depth look at the introduction to pooled testing we recommend for this suite of lessons. We will explore concrete examples of modeling that can engage students by directly relating the mathematics and statistics in this suite of lessons to problems facing our public health system in the US, and around the world. The models are designed for use with middle and high school, but can be used for undergraduate courses or public presentations.

At the workshop we will share:

An in depth look at the introduction to pooled testing we recommend for this suite of lessons, the questions that it elicits, and the ways it can be used to guide a rich discussion relevant to the lessons in the suite that does not depend on prior knowledge of statistics.
More time to explore the graphical interactives provided in the unit.
Ways to extend the introductory material and offer students the opportunity to create and frame a problem to solve even before they engage in the materials in the unit.
Ways to adapt the mathematical solutions to fit the medical or clinical purpose.
Review of reading and writing assignments for students using publications appearing both in academic journals and general media in 2020 and 2021.
Resources for those interested in Python programming of the robotic laboratory equipment being used today.

2) Engaging Lessons for Pre-Algebra and Algebra: Pooled Virus Testing Workshop (Dec. 8)

Are you seeking ways to engage your students in math that are relevant, useful, accessible, and real? Join us to explore and model pooled virus testing, a method of making virus testing more efficient and cost-effective. These are lessons designed for middle and high school.

At the workshop we will share:

An introduction to pooled testing,
Creating a simulation model using everyday items like pasta and vinegar,
Pathways to applications in statistics, probability, and algebra,
An 8-10 day lesson sequence created for Pre-Algebra and Algebra students.

3) Functions as Mathematical Models for Pooled Virus Testing Workshop (Dec. 9)