Mathcovery presentation

An initiative to inspire students to discover Maths in unobvious situations and places.

What is Mathcovery

Mathcovery is the first of its kind National level Mathematics competition developed by a group of school students.

Mathcovery seeks to help students learn to appreciate and realize the unlimited potential of mathematics through the discovery of Maths present in the most unexpected things and places.

Mathcovery aims to change the way in which the children look at Maths in general, that Maths is not just about learning the correct formulae or scoring good marks in exam.

Maths is present everywhere around us and through Mathcovery, the students learn to recognize this fact and in turn learn to love the subject.

Why Mathcovery

How Mathcovery started

In June of 2010, 6 students of varied ages, under the guidance of a team of experts from Educational Initiatives, came up with an interesting and unique idea for a first of its kind mathematics competition- MATHCOVERY.

MATHCOVERY CREATORS: Front row. From left to right: Chiranjiv Melwani (Class 11), Nishant Gajjar (Class 9), Rahul Makwana (Class 8), Anuron Mitra(Class 10),Behind: Tarini Hardikar(Class 10), Anshul Sheth (Class 7)

What did Mathcovery Creators DO?

Chiranjiv building the Mathcovery Project in

the Educational Initiatives office.“Working with Mindspark in creating a

nation-wide contest was simply amazing. I learned many new things like maths is found everywhere. Usually, we find maths difficult but actually it’s very easy, as we discovered.” Anshul Sheth.

They first decided to test it by creating a Mathcovery project and presenting it to the Maths Experts at Educational Initiatives.

After a successful response from everyone, they designed plans for promoting it Nationally.

The creators came up with the idea for Mathcovery.

What did Mathcovery Creators DO?

“My experience with Mathcovery team is one of the best experiences of my life. The fact that I am actually a designer of a nation-wide contest is in itself very hard to believe. Sitting there in a real office, working with grown-ups, processing ideas and dishing out results has done wonders for my perspective.” Anuron Mitra

Even hosted the 2011 Grand Finale

Mathcovery 2010 stages

Stage 1- Invitation sent to 8000 schools across the India

Mathcovery Poster displayed in Schools

Stage 2- 10,000 students participated in the first round on www.mathcovery.com

Mathcovery Website

Mathcovery 2010 stages

Stage 3: Evaluation of Mathcovery Ideas

Nishchal Shukla, Maths Expert from EI evaluating the entries

Stage 4 – 20 Finalists along with their guardians were invited to participate in 3 day Mathcovery Nationals at Ahmedabad

Students & Guardians at the Welcome Dinner

Mathcovery 2010 stages

Stage 5 – Grand Finale

Mr. Sridhar Rajagopalan, MD Educational Initiatives addressing the audience at Mathcovery Finale

Mathcovery Finalists

Mathcovery 2010 - Grand Finale

Some of the Finalists

Maths in Communication

Satellites

Maths in Globes Maths in Migration

Mathcovery 2010-Grand FinaleJudges Evaluating Entries

Judges Evaluating Entries.From L to R-Prof. Amber Habib, Professor at Mathematical Sciences Foundation – Delhi, Dr. K. Subramaniam , Sr. Faculty at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Ms. Meera Raghavan, Maths Expert – Bangalore, Ms. Manjiri Patil, Maths Expert

Mathcovery 2010 - Grand FinaleVisitors – Schools, Students, Teachers, Parents, Media

Mathcovery 2010 Winners

Raaga Srinivas- 1st Runner up (JR)

Topic: Maths in Bharatnatyam

Devasari Turakhia-2nd Runner up (Jr) Topic:

Maths in Dabbawala

Subhiksha S - Mathcovery Champion(Jr)

Topic: Maths in Aviation

Mathcovery 2010 Winners

Jairaj Gambhir-2nd Runner up(Sr)

Topic: Maths in Square Wheels

Vaidik Shah - 1st Runner up (Sr)

Topic: Maths in Criminal Justice

Mohammed Safiulla –Mathcovery Champion (Sr)Topic: Maths in Card Magic

Mathcovery 2010-Champions

From L to R- Vaidik Shah (Rustomjee Cambridge International School, Mumbai), Jairaj Gambhir (Amity International School, Gaziabad) Mohammed Safiulla (The Titan School, Hosur), Devasari Turakhia (Billabong High International School, Mumbai), Subhiksha S (Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School , Chennai), Raaga Srinivas (National Academy of learning, Bangalore)

Mathcovery 2010-Wall

“Mathcovery has given me a new platform to present my idea. I thank you for it. Also the hospitality given here was amazing. The experience I gained here is eternal, so BIG Thnx!”

-Jairaj Gambhir.

“Mathcovery opened a world of opportunities for the kids! Great Job!”

-Ms. Manjushree, Maths teacher. Rustomjee Cambridge School, Mumbai

“Mathcovery has made me look upto Maths in a new way. My learning experience was fun and I found out how many rofessions use Maths as a base. “

-Rahul Ramesh. Mathcovery Finalist. Bala Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Chennai

Some of the Mathcovery 2010 participant Schools

The Shri Ram School, Aravali; Gurgaon

Lilavatibai Podar Senior Secondary School, Mumbai

Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ School, Jaipur

Welham Boys School, Dehradun

The Rajkumar College, Rajkot

Sri Kumaran Children's Home - CBSE, Bangalore

Yadavindra Public School, Patiala

Sishu Griha Montessori and High School, Bangalore

The Scindia School, Gwalior

South Point School, Kolkata

The Riverside School, Ahmedabad

PR Coverage-In Print

Mathcovery - Online Promotion

Mathcovery Season 2

Mathcovery Season 2What’s New!

Going International: Reaching out to 18,000 schools in India and abroad.

Team Event- Each Team will comprise of 4 students representing their School.

Mathcovery Season 2-Stages

Inviting 18,000 schools from India

and Abroad

Stage 1-Invitation June-July

Schools Register online with their Teams and the details of their

ideas.

Stage 2 RegistrationJuly-August

Selecting entries for the Nationals . Evaluation by

Maths Experts

Stage 3 SelectionSeptember

Entries selected from the online submission

will be invited to Ahmedabad for

Nationals.

Stage 4 NationalsNovember

Mathcovery Season 2 Stages

Stage 1 Inviting Schools-Sending communication kit containing Posters and letters to 18,000 Schools. Calling and sending out Mailers as well. (June-July, 2011)

Stage 2 Registration–Schools Register online with their Teams and the details of their ideas. (July-August, 2011)

Stage 3 Selection-Selecting entries for the National round. Evaluation by Maths Experts. (September 2011)

Mathcovery Season 2 Stages

Stage 4 Nationals-Entries selected from the online submission will be invited to Ahmedabad for Nationals. The Mathcovery National champions will be determined by a panel of prominent personalities in the Mathematics field. (November)

Mathcovery Season 2

Building on EI’s Credibility amongst

Stakeholders

Utilising the existing vast database of

18,000 schools and 3.5 lakh students

Team participation to increase deeper

level of school engagement

How this will be Possible

Mathcovery Season 2-Promotion Activities

PR & Promotion

• Media tie-up with a leading national

publications

• In-house newsletters to 20,000 members

Online Promotion

• Google Adverts

• Social Media

On Ground Promotion

• Posters in 18,000 English Medium Schools in

India and Abroad

• Banners and Standees at the Nationals

Be a Part of Mathcovery Season 2

Thank You

Connect with 18,000 Schools

Reach out to 3.5 lakh Students