Making Math Fun
Join us this month for our March Math Circle Programs:
Tivoli Math Circle
Location: 86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583
Date: Friday, March 3rd
Time: 4:00 until 5:30 pm
Kingston Math Circle
Location: 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401
Date: Saturday, March 11th
Time: 1:00 until 3:00 pm
Registration
Rubik’s Cube Club
Location: Bard College in RKC room 111
Date: Friday, March 10th
Time: 4:00 until 5:30 pm
Registration
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You May wish to take note of some of these cool upcoming math events, especially since this is the last month of our mathematical school year!
We have two library programs this month.
On Friday, May 6th, please join us at the Tivoli Free Library on 86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583. We will play games, solve puzzles, and tackle interesting problems from 4:00 until 5:30 pm.
On Saturday, May 14th, we welcome one and all to the Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401. The Children’s Department is undergoing renovation, so we will meet upstairs in the Story Hour Room. Join us at 1:00 until 3:00 pm for some enriching problem solving and fun, math-themed crafts! OR, come by early to participate in the 6th annual Chalk Walk from 12:30pm-2:00pm. Bring your creativity! The chalk is provided.
All library programs are run on a drop-in basis, and registration is not required. We do ask students to sign in each time, and to provide their name, grade, and school. This is done electronically for Kingston, so please sign in using this link at least once this year.
The 2016 CAMP Application is live; Apply for CAMP 2016 here!
The Bard Math Circle is pleased to announce the CAMP (Creative and Analytical Math Program), set for August 22–26, 2016. This advanced week-long math enrichment program is intended for motivated middle school students currently in grades 5–8.
Dates: Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM each day
Location: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Cost: $225. Need-based financial aid is available.
Lunch: Lunch will be provided in Kline Commons, the Bard College cafeteria.
For more information about CAMP, please visit bardmathcircle.org. This website contains the latest information about the program, as well as archival blog posts and information from last summer.
We would like to extend thanks to all who participated in the Purple Comet! math contest at Bard this year! Our two teams ranked 9th and 20th place in New York State; check out our website soon for more detailed results. Great job, everyone! We invite you all to participate again next year, whether you competed this year or not.
Let’s end this year with a bang! We are excited to see you all at these final events to close out a great year.
Bard Math Circle
bardmathcircle.org
bardmathcircle@gmail.com
We have two library programs this month.
This Friday, April 1st, we will be at the Tivoli Library on 86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583. Join us at 4 pm for games, puzzles, and interesting problems – we’re not fooling you, we promise!
On Saturday, April 9th, we welcome one and all to the Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401. The Children’s Department is undergoing renovation, so we will meet upstairs in the Story Hour Room. Come out for some enriching problem solving and fun, math-themed crafts!
All library programs are run on a drop-in basis, and registration is not required. We do ask students to sign in each time, and to provide their name, grade and school. This is done electronically for Kingston, so please sign in using this link at least once this year.
We are looking for middle school and high school students to compete in the annual Purple Comet! Math Meet. The Bard Math Circle will be hosting this competition here at Bard College from Tuesday April 12 through Thursday April 21. If you would like to sign up as an individual or a pre-formed team, click here to register. For information about the Purple Comet! competition, check out their website here.
Are you a middle student (grades 5-8) looking for an engaging and exciting mathematical experience this summer? Look no further! The Bard Creative Analytical Math Program (C.A.M.P.) will be held from August 22-26, 2016. Registration will launch in early to mid April.
Want to hear more about the C.A.M.P? We will be sending out more information later this month. Click the link at the bottom of this email that says “update subscription preferences” and make sure you have “Summer C.A.M.P” checked off under the “I am interested in” heading. In the meantime, check out the American Math Society and the Art of Problem Solving lists for more math camps you can attend this summer.
Do you enjoy playing chess? Want to show off your skills or meet others who share your interest? Check out the Chess in the Clove Swiss Tournament Challenge hosted by the Platte Clove School Chess Club. The event takes place on Sunday April 23rd and is geared towards students in grades K-8. If you are interested in participating in this event, email pcschess@mailstack.com or call 518-589-5103 to register before April 20th. For more information, contact Peter Maas by email.
We are excited for what is coming and we hope you are too!
Bard Math Circle
Who is ready to spring into March? The Bard Math Circle has lots planned for the math-y month ahead.
We have two library programs this month.
This Friday, March 4th, we will be at the Tivoli Library on 86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583. Join us at 4 pm for games, puzzles, and interesting problems!
On Saturday, March 12th, we welcome one and all to the Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401. The Children’s Department is undergoing renovation, so we will meet upstairs in the Story Hour Room. Since this is just two days before Pi Day on March 14 (3/14, get it?), come out for some pi related math and fun! Our Kingston program runs every 2nd Saturday, from 1pm to 3pm.
All library programs are run on a drop-in basis, and registration is not required. We do ask students to sign in each time, and to provide their name, grade and school. This is done electronically for Kingston, so please sign in using this link at least once this year.
AMC 10/12 results are in! Average scores at Bard College for both levels were higher than the national average – superb job to all participants! Check out Bard’s full score report here and AMC 10/12 national statistics here.
We are looking for middle school and high school students to compete in the annual Purple Comet! Math Meet. For more information about the contest click here. The Bard Math Circle will be hosting this competition here at Bard College from Tuesday April 12 through Thursday April 21.
This competition is a fun way to engage in group problem solving in the spirit of friendly competition. Teams can consist of as few as one or as many as six students. Do you know some people who might be interested? Feel free to form your own team and start preparing now! Do you want to participate but you’re not sure how to form a team? Stay tuned for more information about prep sessions at Bard and we will help you form a team.
Want to hear more about the Purple Comet! Math Meet? We will be sending out more information later in the month. Click the link at the bottom of this email that says “update subscription preferences” and make sure you have “Math Competitions” checked off under the “I am interested in” heading.
Are you a middle student (grades 5-8) looking for an engaging and exciting mathematical experience this summer? Look no further! The Bard Creative Analytical Math Program (C.A.M.P.) will be held from August 22-26, 2016. Registration will launch in late March or early April.
Want to hear more about the C.A.M.P? We will be sending out more information later this month. Click the link at the bottom of this email that says “update subscription preferences” and make sure you have “Summer C.A.M.P” checked off under the “I am interested in” heading. In the meantime, check out the American Math Society and the Art of Problem Solving lists for more math camps you can attend this summer.
The March 2016 issue of The Atlantic magazine featured an article called “The Math Revolution” about advanced mathematics and enrichment for American teens. This article is about YOU, the members of the Bard Math Circle who participate in mathematical enrichment every month! Check it out! Look for a shout-out to Bard College within discussion of BEAM (Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics), a summer camp which happens at Bard every summer.
Happy March!
Bard Math Circle
The Bard Math Circle is excited to finish up a productive September with events at the Tivoli and Kingston Libraries, and prepare for an October jam-packed with events.
This Friday, October 3rd at 4:00 PM we will begin with our monthly visit to the Tivoli Free Library. We will be offering puzzles and games, a hands-on math project, and a challenging problem set. Sign up here to attend, although we always welcome walk-ins.
On Saturday, October 18th we will be having a Math Circle on Bard College campus in the Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation. This event will feature our open-classroom format, with puzzles, problems, and hands-on mathematics. Our Bard student volunteers are working hard to develop a series of math activities that should make for a fun, somewhat carnival-style environment.
Additionally, in preparation for the AMC8 middle school mathematics competition in November we will be hosting weekly prep sessions starting this Saturday, October 4th.
You can sign up here for the Circle on the 18th at Bard and the AMC8 prep program.
At this month’s math circle in the Kingston Library, we focused on the SET game above all our other wonderful puzzles and games. For those new to the game, there was the beginner’s table, and for those adept at finding those 3 card triples, we had the advanced table. Can you find any sets in these photos?
Most students made a cardiod curve. It’s amazing how many straight line segments can give the illusion of a curved line. There is some deeper mathematics underneath what looks like string art: given a family of straight lines like we drew in this activity, the envelope of the family of lines is a curve that is tangent to each of the lines. In this case, the envelope of the lines is a cardiod curve.
To investigate further, what is the envelope of another family of lines? On the orange sheet, we see another envelope of a family of line segments.
You can download this month’s problem set on our documents page.
See you at the next Bard Math Circle!
Our Kingston Library math circle met for the second time this fall on Saturday. It’s very heartening to see the regular faces (each a year older, and growing fast) and the newcomers are also a welcome sight.
There was a lot of great mathematical thinking, as can be seen in this scratch work.
(note the typo – I forgot to update the date from September’s circle meeting)
We had a lot of students sharing their work on these problems at the end of class.
Each month we also feature a hands-on project, and this month we made a paper cut and glue Curry’s Triangle Paradox.
What do you find disturbing in the following picture? The graph paper grid is there intentionally to help measure distances and areas.
Our math circle programming has started, and our very first meeting at the Kingston Library this fall will take place on Saturday, September 28th, 1-3pm. We’re all looking forward to seeing you there! Please invite a friend.
News and Announcements
We’ve moved our webpage to our own URL: bardmathcircle.org. Please take a look – the site features blog posts of interest, and also information on each of our programs.
Las actividades fueron pensadas para estudiantes de la escuela media y escuela primaria, sin embargo, ¡todos son bienvenidos! Los estudiantes podrán elegir y ser parte de distintas actividades de matemáticas como: acertijos matemáticos y juegos de lógica, proyectos prácticos de matemáticas para llevar a casa y compartir, y una hoja de problemas que desafían el nivel matemático de la escuela media.
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Publicado por La Voz en La Voz el 9/26/2013 10:54:00 a.m.
