Math, Science, STEM Resources and Skills Workshops
We offer topic-specific workshops for additional support for your algebra, pre-calculus and chemistry classes. Work with other students to ask questions, practice, and strengthen your understanding of concepts.
Spring 2024 Workshops:
Algebra Review Workshops
Location: in-person on campus in S43 (MSTRC)
Presenter: Helen Nguyen
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Week 3 (April 22-26)
Date Time Topic Monday
April. 22
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m
Introduce to Variable, equation, function, combine Like-terms, solving for unknown
Thursday
April 25
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Solving for variable of equation
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Week 4 (April 29 - May 3)
Date Time Topic Tuesday
April 30
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Function and Graphs
Wednesday
May 1
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Solving system of linear equations
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Week 5 (May 6 - May 10)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 6
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Factoring Part 1
Tuesday
May 7
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Factoring Part 2
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Week 6 (May 13 - May 17)
Date Time Topic Tuesday
May 14
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Rational Expresssion - Add/Subtract
Wednesday
May 15
1:30p.m.-2:30p.m.
Rational Expression - Multiple/Divide
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Week 7 (May 20 - May 24)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 20
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Exponential
Tuesday
May 21
1:30p.m. - 2:30p.m.
Roots & Radicals
MATH 10 (Statistics) Workshops
MATH 10 (Statistics) workshops will be hybrid: on campus in S43, and online in the MSTRC Zoom Room.
Presenter: Zahra
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Week 3 (April 22 - April 26)
Date Time Topic Monday, April 22
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Data types and sampling
Wednesday, April 24
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
IQR and location of percentile
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Week 4 (April 29 - May 3)
Date Time Topic Monday, April 29
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Mean, varian and standard deviation
Wednesday, May 1
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Indepedent and mutually exclusive
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Week 5 (May 6 - May 10)
Date Time Topic Monday, May 6
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Rules of probability
Wednesday, May 8
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Discrete random variable
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Week 6 (May 13 - May 17)
Date Time Topic Monday, May 13
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Binomial probability
Wednesday, May 15
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Uniform distribution
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Week 7 (May 20 - May 24)
Date Time Topic Monday, May 20
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Normal distribution
Wednesday, May 22
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
The central limit theorem
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Week 8 (May 27 - May 31)
Date Time Topic Monday, May 27
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Confidence intervals
Wednesday, May 29
4:00p.m - 5:00p.m
Margin error and sample size
MATH 31 (Precalc) Workshops
MATH 31 (Precalculus) workshops will be hybrid: on campus in S43, and online in the MSTRC Zoom Room. Please note the topics are flexible and may change based on the needs of the attendees.
Presenter: Derek
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Week 3 (April 22 - April 26)
Date Time Topic Tuesday, April 23
10:00am - 11:00am
Function Graphs & Transformations
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Week 4 (April 29 - May 3)
Date Time Topic Tuesday, April 30
10:00am - 11:00am
Composite & Inverse Functions
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Week 5 (May 6 - May 10)
Date Time Topic Tuesday, May 7
10:00am - 11:00am
Quadratic & Higher-degree Polynomial Functions; Synthetic Division
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Week 6 (May 13 - May 17)
Date Time Topic Tuesday, May 14
10:00am - 11:00am
Complex numbers; Zeros of Polynomial Functions
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Week 7 (May 20 - May 24)
Date Time Topic Wednesday, May 22
10:00am - 11:00am
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Their Graphs
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Week 8 (May 27 - May 31)
Date Time Topic Tuesday, May 28
10:00am - 11:00am
Solving Systems of Linear Equations
Calculus 1A Workshops
Calculus 1A workshops will be in-person S43 and online in the MSTRC Zoom Room.
Presenter: Moe
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Week 3 (April 22 - April 26)
Date Time Topic Monday
April 22
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Understanding Limits and Limit Laws
Wednesday
April 24
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Understanding Continuity
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Week 4 (April 29 - May 3)
Date Time Topic Monday
April 29
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Understanding Limits at Infinity
Wednesday
May 1
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Derivatives, Rates of Change and their functions
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Week 5 (May 6 - May 10)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 6
10:00a.m - 11:00 a.m
Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions
Wednesday
May 8
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Differentiation: Product and Quotient Rule
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Week 6 (May 13 - May 17)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 13
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Further Differentiation (I): Chain Rule & Trig Functions
Wednesday
May 15
10:00 a.m - 11:00a.m
Further Differentiation (II): Implicit Differentiation
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Week 7 (May 20 - May 24)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 20
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Further Differentiation (III): Inverse Trig Functions
Wednesday
May 22
10:00a.m - 11:00a.m
Related Rates
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Week 8 (May 27 - May 31)
Date Time Topic Wednesday
May 29
10:00a.m 11:00a.m
Linear Approximations & Differentials
Chemistry Review Workshops
Chemistry Review workshops will be in S43 and online in the MSTRC Zoom Room.
Presenters: Angela, Uyen and Vy
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Week 3 (April 22 - April 26)
Date Time Topic Thursday
April 25
2:30p.m - 4:00p.m
Stoichiometry of Formulas and Equations
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Week 4 (April 29 - May 3 )
Date Time Topic Monday
April 29
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Precipitation
Acid-base reaction
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Week 5 (May 6 - May 10)
Date Time Topic Tuesday
May 7
2:30p.m - 4:00 p.m
Redox Reaction
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Week 6 (May 13 - May 17)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 13
1:00p.m - 2:30p.m
Thermochemistry
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Week 7 (May 20 - May 24)
Date Time Topic Thursday
May 23
2:30p.m - 4:00p.m
Quantum Theory and Atomic Structure
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Week 8 (May 27 - May 31)
Date Time Topic Tuesday
May 28
2:30p.m - 4:00p.m
Electron Configuration and Chemical Periodicity
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Week 9 (June 3 - June 7
Date Time Topic Monday
June 3
1:00p.m - 2:30p.m
Models of Chemical Bonding
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Week 10 (May 10 - May 14)
Date Time Topic Tuesday
May 11
2:30p.m - 4:00p.m
The Shapes of Molecules
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Week 11 (June 17 - June 21)
Date Time Topic Thursday
May 20
2:30p.m - 4:00p.m
Theories of Covalent Bonding
Biology 40A Workshops
Biology 40A workshops will be in-person S43 and online in the MSTRC Zoom Room.
Presenter: Lawrence
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Week 3 (April 22 - April 26)
Date Time Topic Monday
April 22
1:30p.m - 2:30p.m
Tissue biology (Part 1)
Wednesday
April 24
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Tissue biology (Part 2)
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Week 4 (April 29 - May 3 )
Date Time Topic Monday
April 29
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Integumentery system (Part 1)
Wednesday
May 1
1:30-2:30pm
Integumentery system (Part 2)
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Week 5 (May 6 - May 10)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 6
Cancelled
Bone Tissue (Part 1)
Wednesday
May 8
Cancelled
Bone Tissue (Part 1)
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Week 6 (May 13 - May 17)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 13
1:30p.m - 2:30p.m
Axial skeleton (Part 1)
Wednesday
May 15
1:30 p.m - 2:30 p.m
Axial skeleton (Part 2)
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Week 7 (May 20 - May 24)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 20
1:30p.m - 2:30p.m
Appendicular skeleton (Part 1)
Wednesday
May 22
1:30p.m - 2:30p.m
Appendicular skeleton (April 2)
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Week 8 (May 27 - May 31
Date Time Topic Wednesday
May 29
1:30p.m - 2:30p.m
Muscle tissue
Physics Review Workshops
Physics Review workshops will be S43 and online in the MSTRC Zoom Room.
Presenter: Soham
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Week 3 (April 22 - April 26)
Date Time Topic Monday
April 22
2:30p.m - 3:30p.m
Units and Measurements
Monday
April 24
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Kinematics Part-1 (motion in a straight line, derivation of kinematic equations, and s-t, v-t, s-t graphs)
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Week 4 (April 29 - May 3 )
Date Time Topic Monday
April 29
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Kinematics Part-2 (motion under gravity, relative velocity in 1-D and 2-D)
Wednesday
May 1
2:30-3:30pm
Projectile Motion
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Week 5 (May 6 - May 10)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 6
2:30p.m - 3:30 p.m
Circular Motion
Wednesday
May 8
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Newton’s Laws of Motion (Introduction to all the laws and fundamental pulley problems)
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Week 6 (May 13 - May 17)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 13
2:30p.m - 3:30p.m
Newton’s Laws of Motion (advanced pulley problems, spring force, pseudo force, frictional force)
Wednesday
May 15
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m
Work Energy and Power (work done by a constant force, variable force, and graphs, introduction to conservative and non-conservative forces)
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Week 7 (May 20 - May 24)
Date Time Topic Monday
May 20
2:30p.m - 3:30p.m
Work Energy and Power (work-energy theorem, potential energy, equilibrium, conservation of mechanical energy)
Wednesday
May 22
2:30p.m - 2:30p.m
Center of Mass and Collision problems
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Week 8 (May 27 - May 31)
Date Time Topic Wednesday
May 29
2:30p.m -3:30p.m
Rotational Motion
Resources and Skills for STEM
Workshops Location: MSTRC Zoom Room
Presenter: Alejandra
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Week 4 ( April 29- May 2)
Date Time Topic Tuesday (MSTRC Zoom) 10:00 am - 10:40 am
Supercharge Your Note Taking Skills & Retain Information Like A Boss -
Week 5 (May 6 - 9)
Date Time Topic Monday (MSTRC Zoom) 10:00 am-10:50 am
Secret Study Strategies Of Straight A Students
Wednesday (MSTRC Zoom) 10:30 pm-11:10 am How To Use De Anza Math & Science Resources To Succeed -
Week 6 (May 13- 16)
Date Time Topic Tuesday (MSTRC Zoom)
9:30 am-10:20 am
How To Use De Anza Math & Science Resources To Succeed
Thursday (MSTRC Zoom)
2:40 pm-3:30 pm
Get Ripped, Boost Your Brain: The Surprising Connection Between Excersice & Academic Success
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Week 7 (May 20- 24)
Date Time Topic Tuesday (MSTRC zoom) 10:00 am-11:00 am
Supercharge Your Note Taking Skills & Retain Information Like A Boss Wednesday (MSTRC Zoom) 9:30 am -10:20 am Become A Time Management Master: Double Your Productivity In One Week -
Week 8 (May 27- 30)
Date Time Topic Tuesday (MSTRC Zoom) 10:00 am-11:00 pm
Secret Study Strategies Of Straight A Students Wednesday (MSTRC Zoom) 9:00 am-10:00 pm Get Ripped, Boost Your Brain: The Surprising Connection Between Excersice & Academic Success
You are welcome to attend as many workshops as you'd like!
Interested in a topic not listed? Email us at mstrc@deanza.edu. Let us know what you're struggling with and we'll do our best to arrange a workshop for your topic.