Maths, Magic & Mystery with Dr Burkard Polster

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Poppy Masselos
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 08:22pm
Don’t miss the following professional development.
If there is a school subject that is universally hated then it has to be maths. No other subject conjures up such strong emotions when adults reminisce about their school days and with no other subject are people so willing to admit that they just don’t get it.

Corinda State High School staff and students will be dared to look at maths differently when Dr Burkard Polster — Monash University maths lecturer - visits the school to present Maths, Magic and Mystery.

Described as Monash University’s resident Mathemagician, mathematical juggler, origami expert, bubble-master, shoelace charmer, and Count von Count impersonator, Dr Polster has a growing reputation as a mathematics communicator. In addition to public lectures on mathematics at Melbourne Museum, he has also appeared on TV discussing such burning issues as how to balance wobbly tables, and how to lace your shoes.
Dr Polster will do a number of presentations to both mathematics staff and students during his 2 day visit to Brisbane. He will use his unique presentation style to challenge mathematics teachers to find ways to explain and explore mathematical issues in an accessible and entertaining way.
Dr Polster is the author of numerous research articles and books including “The Mathematics of Juggling”, “QED: Beauty in Mathematical Proof”, and “Eye Twisters: Ambigrams and Other Visual Puzzles to Amaze and Entertain”.

WHAT: Maths, Magic & Mystery with Dr Burkard Polster
WHEN: Wednesday 15th October 1:40 — 5:30pm
Thursday 16th October 9:15 — 2:50pm
WHERE: Corinda State High School
Pratten Road, Corinda.

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Poppy is a registered teacher with decades of experience in the classroom. A large part of her career in the past has been to help teachers to make sense of new and emerging technologies and to help infuse these in all curriculum areas in all grade levels.

She is an advocate for creating exciting curricula for all students and uses the education section of The Courier-Mail to inform, celebrate, spotlight and direct teacher and student attention to the latest happenings in the world of education. Poppy believes that newspapers are the best solution to data smog or "information overload" that we are all experiencing in the 21st century.

Poppy began her journalism career writing about the Net for Ipswich's Queensland Times. She started at The Courier-Mail with a column called Cyber-Ed in the mid 90's and edited the popular Internet Sites for the Classroom books published by the paper.

In her spare time, Poppy is an avid news and media junkie sourcing magazines and newspapers from all over the world. Her favourite topics are the new sciences such as genetics, robotics and nanotechnologies, travel, art, literature, cinema and online innovations. She loves new foods, food blogs, movies, world music, writer's festivals, biographies, new trends, innovative fashion and design, sunsets and Radio National. One day she hopes that technology will be created to convert dream images into video footage!

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