Category: CAMP
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2018 CAMP Staff
Senior Staff Frances Stern FrancesĀ teaches math to teachers and students in New York City, working with struggling students and those eager for more and deeper math.Ā She has a masterās degree in mathematics and has written two books for parents and teachers, both titledĀ Adding Math, Subtracting Tension, for grades pre-K to 2Ā and grades 3 to…
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Bard Math CAMP Day 2
8/28/2018 Today was the second day of Bard Math CAMP! Students came in, picked up their name tags, and signed up for an after-lunch activity. Ā Students then started playing warm-up activities such as cards, Rubik’s cube, and math puzzles. We hit off with a classic “desert” question. Thinking about what book/movie/music would they bring to…
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CAMP Staff 2016
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā We are excited to announce our enthusiastic and talented staff of math educators for Summer 2016! Senior StaffĀ Frances Stern Frances teaches math to teachers and students in New York City, working with struggling students and those eager for more and deeper math. Ā She…
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CAMP Staff 2015
2015 Staff:Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Our enthusiastic and talented staff of math educators from Summer 2015! Senior StaffĀ Erin Toliver After earning degrees in mathematics from Bard and Dartmouth Colleges, Erin became a math teacher at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, NY. Now living in Toronto, she funnels her…
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2014 Staff
Instructors: Ā Here’s our talented staff of educators from Summer 2014! Senior Instructors: Erin Toliver After earning degrees in mathematics from Bard and Dartmouth Colleges, Erin became a math teacher at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, NY. Now living in Toronto, she funnels her mathematical creativity into knitting, sewing, and crocheting projects. Ā She enjoys cooking,…
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C.A.M.P.2017 Day 5
Greetings! Today is the last day of C.A.M.P. 2017! Ā Our morning started out with a Rubik’s Cube mosaic, a game of SET, a game of NIM, and some AMC 8 problems. Ā We then had morning announcements and Ā split up into different classes at 9:30. Ā Ā In math class, we started by analyzing The Ā Baffling Prediction,…
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C.A.M.P. 2017 Day 4
Greetings! Our morning started off with AMC 8 prep questions, card games such as SET and tongues, a Rubik’s cube mosaic, and NIM. Ā The Rubik’s cube mosaic was pac man and four ghosts. Ā Students played these activities until 9:30, when it was time to go to class. In math class, we started by analyzing the…
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C.A.M.P. 2017 Day 3
Greetings! Today was our third day of Bard Math CAMP 2017! Ā Our day started off with distributing t-shirts at check-in because today was picture day! Ā We all gathered for a picture at 9:30 right outside the RKC. In math class, we found a number pattern that allowed us to divide any whole number by 9…
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C.A.M.P. 2017 Day 2
Greetings! Our day started off with activities such as SET, NIM, and a Rubik’s cube mosaic. Ā The design for the Rubik’s cube mosaic was the superman logo. Ā We then split into our Ā two groups and went to computer science class and math class. We started our class by figuring out the magic tricks that we…
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C.A.M.P 2017 Day 1
Greetings! We started our day ambitiously, playing a revised version of “set” where students all got the change to meet each other, after being assigned a “set” card and being sent out to meet two others who would complete a “set” trio. It’s the CAMP’s official opinion that the students were far better at achieving…