BARD MATH CIRCLE

Kingston Library Circle: 2nd Saturdays this year!

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The Bard Math Circle at the Kingston Public Library starts again on Saturday, September 10th, and continues through May on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

This math circle is targeted towards middle-school aged students, but everyone (especially families and math teachers) is welcome! Our goals include building mathematical intuition, insight, involvement and engagement. We encourage students to work together, to develop their mathematical communication skills, and to become part of a mathematical community.

We’ll continue our focus this year on:

  • Math Games and Logic Puzzles
  • Insightful Problems
  • Hands-on Math Takeaways

And new this year, we’ll have a special double-focus:

  • Solve the Rubik’s Cube: Bring your cube or borrow one of ours. We’ll learn an efficient solving method and then explore the mathematics behind the cube.
  • Game Theory: Starting with the classic game of Nim, we’ll explore game theory through this and other delightful games.

The Bard Math Circle at the Kingston Library is organized by Bard math professor Japheth Wood, and facilitated by Bard Math Majors. If you’re interested in assisting, contact Japheth: jwood@bard.edu.

Second Saturdays, 1-3pm at the Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston NY 12401
2011: September 10, October 8, November 12, December 17
2012: January 14, February 11, March 10, April 14, May 12

Japheth Wood

I’m Japheth Wood (he/him), the Bard Math CAMP co-director, and a math professor at Bard College. CAMP (which is an acronym for Creative and Analytical Math Program) is a very special week of the year for our young math community. It's inspiring to see our students return year after year. This is our 11th summer of CAMP! We're back once again on the idyllic Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, and thankful to the CAMP students, parents, and staff, for making this mathemagical week happen. Notably, we've (finally) had our first CAMP reunion this past June, an event that I know will grow to be an integral part of what we do.

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Frances Stern

My name is Frances Stern (she/her/hers)! I’ve been teaching math at CAMP since the first year, making sure our math theme has a connection to art and computer. It’s fun to show students math that they don’t see in school. I've retired from daily teaching but continue to teach for the New York Math Circle & students who are seeking more math in their lives. My hobbies include learning to draw, paint, & juggle, reading, walking & folk dancing. I’ve written 2 books for teachers and parents called “Adding Math, Subtracting Tension” (for different age-ranges of children). They pay as much attention to how to keep out of a fight (what many parents told me is a problem) as they do to math.

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