BARD MATH CIRCLE

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  • CAMP Reunion 2024

    CAMP Reunion 2024

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    Today was a very special day in Bard Math CAMP history – the very first CAMP reunion! CAMP alumni/ae, staff members, parents, and friends gathered in the lobby of the Reem-Kayden Center once again for a selection of math games and puzzles – old favorites like Ghost Blitz and the Towers of Hanoi, along with…

  • CAMP 2022 Day 4

    CAMP 2022 Day 4

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    On the morning of Day 4, CAMPers had even more math puzzles to choose from – along with the regular linking puzzles, Hex, and Hanoi, we had miscellaneous math books – from The Moscow Puzzles to Eye Twisters – as well as the Magic Birthday Trick, scattered throughout the room.  “It’s really simple – like,…

  • CAMP 2022 Day 3

    CAMP 2022 Day 3

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    By Wednesday, we’ve reached the very middle of the Math CAMP week.  So far, the CAMPers have explored a wide range of math puzzles and games, as well as having learned about binary (writing numbers in Base 2, as strings of 0’s and 1’s).  This morning, we had a special guest lecture by math professor…

  • CAMP 2022 Day 2

    CAMP 2022 Day 2

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    The second day of CAMP this year is off to an excellent start – armed with their new knowledge of logic and truth, the CAMPers are ready to begin their exciting journey into the magical world of fractals.  We started off the day with a whole new set of math puzzles – hypothetical chocolate boxes,…

  • CAMP 2022 Day 1

    CAMP 2022 Day 1

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    It’s the first day of the 9th year of Bard Math CAMP – the first day in two years that our CAMPers and instructors have been able to do math in three dimensions!  In other words, this is the start of CAMP’s first in-person session after two years of meeting online.   First thing in the…

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  • Bard Math Circle logo poll

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    The Bard Math Circle is ten years old, and we’re freshening up our look! We want to hear from you as we upgrade our logo. Take our New Logo poll! 

  • The C.A.M.P. page has moved!

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    We’re working on our website, and have moved all the information regarding our Creative and Analytical Math Program (C.A.M.P.) to our main website. Main Website: bardmathcircle.org

  • Download a Bard Math Circle flyer!

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    Click here to download this flyer (PDF).

  • Euclid the Game

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    A really nice website just stumbled upon is Euclid the Game. This game starts by challenging you to construct an equilateral triangle, given a segment, with just 3 simple tools that approximate a straightedge and compass. From there, you progress through some standard constructions that everyone should know (but none do, of course – that…

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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