Pete Kaslik

Pierce College Math Department

Contact Information

Office RAI 344 (Rainier Building, Fort Steilacoom Campus)
Office Phone (253) 964-6635
Office Hours

Monday - Thursday 10:00-10:50 AM or by appointment

Pierce Email pkaslik@pierce.ctc.edu
Home Email pkaslik@mathhandyman.com

 

Spring 2012 Courses Announcements - Updated 5/22/2012
Math 146  8:00-8:50 RAI 241

Thursday, May 24  Exam 678

Friday, May 25  - Tuesday, May 29   Consulting - 20 pts

Wednesday, May 30 - Thursday May 31   Consulting - 15 pts

Friday June 1 - Monday June 4   Consulting - 10 pts

Tuesday, June 5 Exam 9,10,11  (Tentative)

Thursday, June 7  Project Due

Friday June 8  Computer Lab RAI 262

Math 146 9:00-9:50 RAI 241

Thursday, May 24  Exam 678

Friday, May 25  - Tuesday, May 29   Consulting - 20 pts

Wednesday, May 30 - Thursday May 31   Consulting - 15 pts

Friday June 1 - Monday June 4   Consulting - 10 pts

Tuesday, June 5 Exam 9,10,11  (Tentative)

Thursday, June 7  Project Due

Friday June 8  Computer Lab RAI 262

Math 98  11:00-11:50 RAI 241

Friday, May 25 Scrimmage

Wednesday, May 30, Exam 8  

Phil 131  12:00-12:50 (T-Th) RAI 241

Thursday, May 24  Readings Due  and Computer Lab

Tuesday, May 29, Computer Lab   Put together Final Project

Thursday, May 31, Computer Lab  Put together Final Project

Monday, June 4, Lecture

Tuesday, June 5   Project Due and Lecture

Thursday, June 7  Project Presentations 1 and 2  in RAI 241

Monday, June 11  Project Presentations 3 and 4   in RAI 241

Tuesday, June 12  Potluck in RAI 241

Early Exit Survey If, for whatever reason, you decide not to finish this quarter, please take the Early Exit Survey.

 

 

If you are having a difficult time being successful in your classes, Pierce College offers numerous resources that can help you.  Click here for a list.

 

If you are taking a math class during Spring quarter and are in need of financial assistance for the purchase of your math book, you are invited to apply for the Peter Hartman Math Book Fund scholarship. The application is at this link.

 

Email:  All Pierce College students have been given an email account.  Grades reports will occasionally be sent to this account.  If you haven't been using your Pierce email, you will need to access it to have emails from this account forwarded to the address you normally use.  Information is available on the Pierce College website.

 

Resources

Google       Scholar     Public Data Pierce College Library Films on Demand
New Search Tools  Findthebest Math Department Homepage  course catalog
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Pierce College     2011-2012 Academic Calendar
Current Time   Online Stopwatch The Tutoring Center (Fort Steilacoom)
School Closure Information Advising (Faculty Resources)
WAMAP Flash Cards

Complete Set of WAMAP Flash Cards

Washington Mathematics Assessment and Placement
Online Function Grapher Sustainable Math (MIASS)
Grading Guidelines

Passing Rates

Systems Thinking - Stella Home Page (ISEE Systems)     

Pedagogy in Action  

 

 

 

Sustainability

Sightline Institute - contemporary issues affecting our bioregion

Dieoff - Various Issues

Chris Jordan Photographs - These will give you a different perspective

The North Pacific Plastic Garbage Patch - Motivation to avoid the use of plastic

Housing and Transportation Affordability Index (Brookings Institution)

Pierce County Bike Map

The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard

Systems Thinking

EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Large Facilities Map and Data

Developing Safe Bicycle Access to Pierce College:  Bikes Belong  and Alliance for Biking & Walking

Petroleum Issues

Culture Change - Issues about the ubiquity and depletion of petroleum

Energy Bulletin - Information about all energy sectors

Oil Production and Oil Consumption Data  Other

Open Source Textbooks

OERCommons.org

Community College Open Textbook Collaboration

Creative Commons License

Rent Textbooks at Chegg  (for example, Interactive Statistics rents for $28/quarter)

Other Resources

Sustainability Resources and Data
Algebraic Patterns and Games
Favorite Graphs that reflect World Issue
Presentations

Yakima, May 2010

Faculty Lecture, October 27, 2010

Sustainability Summit - Story of the Month

Math 98