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1 | Date | Wk | Circle Subject | Supplies Needed for Class | @ Home Activities | Fun Math Words to Learn about with Mom | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 9/7/2015 | 1 | Labor Day - No Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 9/14/2015 | 2 | Introduction to Math Circles | Lego guys, or action figures or dolls with moveable arms and legs | 1. Play a game of Live Mirrors | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 9/21/2015 | 3 | Symmetry, Doodle Zoo | paper, scissors, markers, tape | 1. Do some symmetry doodling with your eyes shut, 2. Make cookies and eat them in a symmetrical way, 3. Using the same doodle everytime, make a different number of folds each time. Predict what your doodle will look like when you cut it out and see how accurate your prediction was. 4. How do you fold the paper so that you get a long line of the exact same shape all hooked together? 5. How do you fold the paper to get radial symmetry? 6. Bring your "coolest" symmetry folding creation to class next week! | symmetry, reflection symmetry | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 9/28/2015 | 4 | Symmetry, Mirror Books | two small mirrors, tape, markers, paper | 1. Play with your mirror book! Take it outside on the ground. Submerge it halfway in water. 2. Use your mirror book to make one slice of pizza look like the whole pizza. 3. Use your mirror book to design a snowflake 4. Can you make a square from one toothpick using your mirror book? | angle, multiplication, radial symmetry, line of symmetry, pattern, reflection, infinity, tessellation | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 10/5/2015 | 5 | Math History, and Snowflake Fun | Paper and scissors and pencils | Keep playing with all the symmetry activities there are tons! | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 10/12/2015 | 6 | Number | 1. Check out www.threes.com for examples of the iconic number 3 all over. 2. Make a book all about your favorite number. 3. Make a counting book for a younger sibling or friend. 4. Make a counting sculpture mobile (things with 1 side, 2 sides, 3 side, etc) 5. Make up a story centered on your favorite number or number sequence. | iconic quantity, subitizing, sequence, counting, even numbers, odd numbers, fibonacci sequence, | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 10/19/2015 | 7 | Number | 1. Check out the Geometree app 2. Lots of activites, videos and ideas at http://fractalfoundation.org/resources/fractivities/ 3. Make a substitution fractal of your name at http://www.edboas.com/science/ftext/index.html | Fractals, exponential growth, infinity, self-similarity, tree fractal, substitution fractal, base, powers | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 10/26/2015 | 8 | Math History: Thales of Miletus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 11/2/2015 | 9 | Function | Paper and coloring pencils or crayons | 1. Invent a Function Machine. Will it give animals a home? Will it double everything? Will it change things to be more valuable? Will it do something around your house? 2. Draw or build your function machine! 3. Look for a magical machine in a fairytale. (Hint: they transform things or grant wishes!) How many can you find? | rule, machine, function, input, output, transformation, inverse | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 11/9/2015 | 10 | Function | Try putting two function machines together. Can you create inverse funtion machines? Can you make a function go on forever? Play Silly Robot (instructions in the class drive). Check out Scratch, Jr. from MIT | functions that commute, inverse, domain, range, composition, function, iteration | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 11/16/2015 | 11 | Math History: Pythagoras | Look up information on Pythagoras. What is the pythagorean thereom? | Watch Donald in Math Magic Land (30 Min Video) | Try a Pythagorean Activity with Starbursts | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 11/23/2015 | 12 | Grid | Use a grid over a picture to make a larger or smaller version of the picture (look up youtube videos of how people do murals and painting using the grid method). Make pictures from graph paper. Can you make complete square grids with uneven numbers of squares? Try weaving!! | row, column, cell, grid, exponential growth, transformation, distribution | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 11/30/2015 | 13 | Grid | legos or math blocks or blocks | 1. make a multiplication tower of blocks (or on the computer using a spreadsheet program or minecraft or something like it.) 2. Use blogs or legos to try to approximate curved objects like apples, cats, etc 3. Use a grid to help you enlarge or shrink a picture. | surface, opration, function, table, grid, cell, row, column | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 12/7/2015 | 14 | Math History: Plato | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 12/14/2015 | 15 | Final Math Fun Challenge | Enjoy Christmas Vacation :) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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