The UCLA Curtis Center

Interested in a Career in K-12 Math Education?

Come learn about the pathways offered at UCLA to a career in K-12 mathematics! Network with Math for LA professors, alumni, and counselors over pizza and Diddy Riese cookies.

Wishing these JMEP ladies luck as they get ready to start their first year teaching! We’re so excited for all the new teachers! 🌟 @ UCLA

The best teachers are always learning! Current Math 4 LA student, Eduardo Gordiano, has been a participant in UCLA’s Applied and Computational Math Research Experience this summer. He’s been conducting some cool experiments in a fungal lab. 🦠🧫📊

“I’ve been working on several experiments that revolve around the concept of competition. I’ve been studying this with two different types of fungi by placing them in petit dishes under different circumstances which allow for different rates of growth. By doing this I’m allowed to see which strain grows the fastest and the most which allows me to select the best strains to place in the same plate to see who grows the best under different circumstances. I’ve been able to calculate the area and growth rates through MATLAB.”

https://www.facebook.com/uclabruins/posts/10154390029080958

UCLA mathematicians bring ocean to life for Disney's 'Moana' The hit movie features stunning visual effects, including the animation of water to such a degree that it becomes a distinct character in the film.

UCLA Content & Performance Task Training for High School Math Educators! Aug. 8-11. Register now! http://curtiscenter.math.ucla.edu/math-teachers/summer-workouts

UCLA Curtis Center's Summer Institutes for Math Teachers!

UCLA Content and Performance Task Trainings

The MoMath museum in NYC is offering $25,000 to the best math lesson submitted by a current teacher. Additional finalists will win up to $10,000. http://momath.org/rosenthal-prize/

Rosenthal Prize for Innovation in Math Teaching – National Museum of Mathematics The Museum of Mathematics: Inspiring math exploration and discovery

Join us April 9th for classroom-ready lessons and information on Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks. Sign up today!
http://curtiscenter.math.ucla.edu/math-teachers/saturday-training

Saturdays at UCLA | The Curtis Center @ UCLA "The workshop was really great! I felt very ready and inspired to teach Common Core Math. I enjoyed the workshop because not only did I feel more knowledgeable afterward, but I also left with many resources and ideas for problems to try in my classroom."

Jason Zimba Conference on eliminating clutter: "Calculators: Forget about them in K-5."