Math

BCC Faculty Sponsors:

Annette Guertin

Frank Van Valen

 

MAT-018 : Pre-Algebra

(This course uses Service-Learning as Extra Credit)

Math Tutoring in the Local Schools:

Pittsfield Public Schools:

(Must do a CORI Check through the school secretary where you wish to serve OR Pittsfield Public Schools Administration Center – 269 First St. Pittsfield, Phone Number (413) 499-9512.)

Williams Elementary School – 50 Bushey Road, Pittsfield

Crosby Elementary School– 517 West Street, Pittsfield

– Tutor in classrooms during the school day.

– After School Tutoring/Homework Help: 3:15-4:15

North Adams Public Schools

Greylock Elementary School

Brayton Elementary Schools

Sullivan Elementary Schools

– Tutor in Math classes during the school day

Berkshire Hills Regional School District

Muddy Brook Elementary School – Great Barrington

Arrangements made between students and School Community Coordinator, depending on student schedule and school’s availability.

 

Environmental Projects:

Berkshire Environmental Action Team

Location: Pittsfield

Contact: Jane Winn

Students must be physically able to go up and down banks along the streams to do this work. 2 or more students are needed.

There would be an indoor training to teach students how to fill out the attached Stream Crossing Survey Form (attached along with instruction booklet), followed by an outdoor training actually gathering the data at a stream crossing. Ideally after that the students can continue to collect data on more crossings.

The students will be asked to take a variety of measurements including height and width of the crossing at each end. Depth of the water. If there is a drop from the outlet, there are several measurements to be taken to describe that drop.

The ideal situation is students working in pairs or threes, one of whom would have a car that they could use to travel to the sites. There are crossings through out the county, so we can tailor the crossings to where the students can travel to the easiest.

BEAT will provide the tape measure, yard stick, GPS unit, and camera for each group of students.

 

MAT-101: Applied Contemporary Mathematics

Math Tutoring in the Local Schools:

Pittsfield Public Schools:

(Must do a CORI Check through the school secretary where you wish to serve OR Pittsfield Public Schools Administration Center – 269 First St. Pittsfield, Phone Number (413) 499-9512.)

Williams Elementary School – 50 Bushey Road, Pittsfield

Crosby Elementary School– 517 West Street, Pittsfield

– Tutor in classrooms during the school day.

– After School Tutoring/Homework Help: 3:15-4:15

North Adams Public Schools

Greylock Elementary School

Brayton Elementary Schools

Sullivan Elementary Schools

– Tutor in Math classes during the school day

Berkshire Hills Regional School District

Muddy Brook Elementary School – Great Barrington

Arrangements made between students and School Community Coordinator, depending on student schedule and school’s availability.

 

Environmental Projects:

Melville’s Arrowhead Farm

Location: 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield

Site Supervisor: Kristen Laney

Using an Excel spreadsheet, students will research average pricing, yield and space needs in order to prepare next year’s crop and marketing plans for Arrowhead Farm.  This would involve plugging in formulas (or adjusting them in existing spreadsheets) to tabulate how many plants/seeds per linear foot and per bed need to be planted and at what intervals.  Students will also figure how much the farm needs to charge for shares and project income and expenses.
We also need to take field measurements in order to figure out exactly how many square and linear feet are available in each bed as I have widened most of the rows by at least 6 inches.

 

Berkshire Environmental Action Team

Location: Pittsfield

Contact: Jane Winn

Students must be physically able to go up and down banks along the streams to do this work. 2 or more students are needed.

There would be an indoor training to teach students how to fill out the attached Stream Crossing Survey Form (attached along with instruction booklet), followed by an outdoor training actually gathering the data at a stream crossing. Ideally after that the students can continue to collect data on more crossings.

The students will be asked to take a variety of measurements including height and width of the crossing at each end. Depth of the water. If there is a drop from the outlet, there are several measurements to be taken to describe that drop.

The ideal situation is students working in pairs or threes, one of whom would have a car that they could use to travel to the sites. There are crossings through out the county, so we can tailor the crossings to where the students can travel to the easiest.

BEAT will provide the tape measure, yard stick, GPS unit, and camera for each group of students.

 

MAT-113: Survey of College Mathematics

Math Tutoring in the Local Schools:

Pittsfield Public Schools:

(Must do a CORI Check through the school secretary where you wish to serve OR Pittsfield Public Schools Administration Center – 269 First St. Pittsfield, Phone Number (413) 499-9512.)

Reid Middle School – 950 North Street, Pittfield

Williams Elementary School – 50 Bushey Road, Pittsfield

Crosby Elementary School– 517 West Street, Pittsfield

– Tutor in classrooms during the school day.

– After School Tutoring/Homework Help: 3:15-4:15

North Adams Public Schools

Greylock Elementary School

Brayton Elementary Schools

Sullivan Elementary Schools

– Tutor in Math classes during the school day

Berkshire Hills Regional School District

Muddy Brook Elementary School – Great Barrington

Arrangements made between students and School Community Coordinator, depending on student schedule and school’s availability.

 

Berkshire Community College:*

*Option offered to Frank Van Valen’s 113-01 students only. Interview required.

Tutoring in MAT 800-01 classroom, which meets on MWF at 9:00 – 9:50 AM in room K210A.

Environmental projects:

Melville’s Arrowhead Farm

Location: 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield

Site Supervisor: Kristen Laney

Using an Excel spreadsheet, students will research average pricing, yield and space needs in order to prepare next year’s crop and marketing plans for Arrowhead Farm.  This would involve plugging in formulas (or adjusting them in existing spreadsheets) to tabulate how many plants/seeds per linear foot and per bed need to be planted and at what intervals.  Students will also figure how much the farm needs to charge for shares and project income and expenses.
We also need to take field measurements in order to figure out exactly how many square and linear feet are available in each bed as I have widened most of the rows by at least 6 inches.

Berkshire Environmental Action Team

Location: Pittsfield

Contact: Jane Winn

Students must be physically able to go up and down banks along the streams to do this work. 2 or more students are needed.

There would be an indoor training to teach students how to fill out the attached Stream Crossing Survey Form (attached along with instruction booklet), followed by an outdoor training actually gathering the data at a stream crossing. Ideally after that the students can continue to collect data on more crossings.

The students will be asked to take a variety of measurements including height and width of the crossing at each end. Depth of the water. If there is a drop from the outlet, there are several measurements to be taken to describe that drop.

The ideal situation is students working in pairs or threes, one of whom would have a car that they could use to travel to the sites. There are crossings through out the county, so we can tailor the crossings to where the students can travel to the easiest.

BEAT will provide the tape measure, yard stick, GPS unit, and camera for each group of students.

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