How Can I Aord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive? Energizing Your High School Math Team Free and Low-Cost Opportunities for Math Teams Chuck Garner, Ph.D. Department of Mathematics Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology Georgia Math Conference, October 2010 Garner Rockdale Magnet Math Team
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How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Energizing Your High School Math TeamFree and Low-Cost Opportunities for Math Teams
Chuck Garner, Ph.D.
Department of MathematicsRockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology
Georgia Math Conference, October 2010
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Outline
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team?
What Can I Do to Raise Funds?
What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Outline
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team?
What Can I Do to Raise Funds?
What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Money, Money, Money, . . .
I There are 22 tournaments in Georgia!I Each one costs an average of $40
I Travel costs!I Prep and practice costs (copying, etc)
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Money, Money, Money, . . .
I There are 22 tournaments in Georgia!I Each one costs an average of $40I Travel costs!I Prep and practice costs (copying, etc)
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Money, Money, Money, . . .
I Dozens of ContestsI Each range from $30 to $100I Prep and practice costs (copying, etc)
Have No Money? Only a Little Money?Here’s what you can do . . .
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Money, Money, Money, . . .
I Dozens of ContestsI Each range from $30 to $100I Prep and practice costs (copying, etc)
Have No Money? Only a Little Money?Here’s what you can do . . .
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Free and Low-Cost Contests
Rocket City Math League – FREE
I Four roundsFirst round: “Inter-School” Contest for Junior (below 9th grade)and Senior divisionsThree rounds of topic tests (pre-alg, alg I, geo, alg II, above)
I Deadline to register is in NovemberI http://www.rocketcitymath.org
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Free and Low-Cost Contests
Rocket City Math League – FREE
I Four roundsFirst round: “Inter-School” Contest for Junior (below 9th grade)and Senior divisionsThree rounds of topic tests (pre-alg, alg I, geo, alg II, above)
I Deadline to register is in NovemberI http://www.rocketcitymath.org
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Some Suggestions
If you have some money, how should you spend it?
I AMC, AMC, AMC
I Choose a tournament that plays to your team’s strengths . . .I . . . and choose one that stretches them!I Other contest suggestions:
I Atlantic-PaciVcI Math LeagueI American Scholastic Math Association
I Purchase some booksI “The Art of Problem Solving” Volumes 1 & 2I “First Steps for Math Olympians”I Contest problem books: AMC, ARML, GCTM
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Some Suggestions
If you have some money, how should you spend it?
I AMC, AMC, AMCI Choose a tournament that plays to your team’s strengths . . .
I . . . and choose one that stretches them!I Other contest suggestions:
I Atlantic-PaciVcI Math LeagueI American Scholastic Math Association
I Purchase some booksI “The Art of Problem Solving” Volumes 1 & 2I “First Steps for Math Olympians”I Contest problem books: AMC, ARML, GCTM
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Some Suggestions
If you have some money, how should you spend it?
I AMC, AMC, AMCI Choose a tournament that plays to your team’s strengths . . .I . . . and choose one that stretches them!
I Other contest suggestions:I Atlantic-PaciVcI Math LeagueI American Scholastic Math Association
I Purchase some booksI “The Art of Problem Solving” Volumes 1 & 2I “First Steps for Math Olympians”I Contest problem books: AMC, ARML, GCTM
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Some Suggestions
If you have some money, how should you spend it?
I AMC, AMC, AMCI Choose a tournament that plays to your team’s strengths . . .I . . . and choose one that stretches them!I Other contest suggestions:
I Atlantic-PaciVcI Math LeagueI American Scholastic Math Association
I Purchase some booksI “The Art of Problem Solving” Volumes 1 & 2I “First Steps for Math Olympians”I Contest problem books: AMC, ARML, GCTM
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Some Suggestions
If you have some money, how should you spend it?
I AMC, AMC, AMCI Choose a tournament that plays to your team’s strengths . . .I . . . and choose one that stretches them!I Other contest suggestions:
I Atlantic-PaciVcI Math LeagueI American Scholastic Math Association
I Purchase some booksI “The Art of Problem Solving” Volumes 1 & 2I “First Steps for Math Olympians”I Contest problem books: AMC, ARML, GCTM
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Outline
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team?
What Can I Do to Raise Funds?
What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Run Contests of Your Own
I Easily adapt old tournaments/contests to create your ownI OUer prizes to encourage students
I “Rockdale Magnet Math Contest”
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Run Contests of Your Own
I Easily adapt old tournaments/contests to create your ownI OUer prizes to encourage studentsI “Rockdale Magnet Math Contest”
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Rockdale Contest Round 2
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Seminars
I Teach fascinating topics not in the curriculumI Modular arithmeticI Counting paths and combinatoricsI Binary/octal/hexadecimalI Advanced geometry (Stewart’s theorem, etc)I Pigeonhole principleI Graph theory
I OUer refreshmentsI Award prizes to those that complete problemsI Much like a “math circle”
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Seminars
I Teach fascinating topics not in the curriculumI Modular arithmeticI Counting paths and combinatoricsI Binary/octal/hexadecimalI Advanced geometry (Stewart’s theorem, etc)I Pigeonhole principleI Graph theory
I OUer refreshmentsI Award prizes to those that complete problems
I Much like a “math circle”
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Seminars
I Teach fascinating topics not in the curriculumI Modular arithmeticI Counting paths and combinatoricsI Binary/octal/hexadecimalI Advanced geometry (Stewart’s theorem, etc)I Pigeonhole principleI Graph theory
I OUer refreshmentsI Award prizes to those that complete problemsI Much like a “math circle”
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
YOU Keep Interest Alive!
I Have a plan and execute that plan
I Be excitedI Be enthusedI Be encouragingI Be accepting when kids can’t or won’t show upI Be fun
Brand your Math Team
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
YOU Keep Interest Alive!
I Have a plan and execute that planI Be excitedI Be enthusedI Be encouragingI Be accepting when kids can’t or won’t show upI Be fun
Brand your Math Team
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
YOU Keep Interest Alive!
I Have a plan and execute that planI Be excitedI Be enthusedI Be encouragingI Be accepting when kids can’t or won’t show upI Be fun
Brand your Math Team
Garner Rockdale Magnet
Math Team
How Can I AUord to Run a Math Team? What Can I Do to Raise Funds? What Can I Do to Keep Interest Alive?
Thank you!
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