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Math Circle Calendar

For an overview of the OEB Math Circle Schedule Click Here!

To visit a specific Month, Click:
Spring 2010 Program:January, February, March, April, May.

Previous Programs:


Fall 2009 Program: September, October, November, December.
Spring 2009 Program: January, February, March, April, May.
Fall 2008 Program: September, October, November, December.
Spring 2008 Program: January, February, March, April, May.
Fall 2007 Program: September, October, November, December.
 

  Date
 
 


  Green   Student   Session

 
 


  Purple   Student    Session

 
 


  Teacher   Session

 
 


  Patten University   Student    Session

 
 


  Patten University   2nd    Student    Session

 

February 4

   Green Students: Pick's Theorem   Purple Students: Building Blocks   Teachers: Mind Exercises   Patten:
Instructors:
 Jon Yaggie Emily McCullogh Scott Baldridge Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
    Pick's Theorem Worksheet (.pdf)   Julia Robinson Handout (.pdf)      

February 11

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:
Instructors:
 Jon Yaggie Emily McCullogh Mattias Beck Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
            

February 18

   Green Students: Building Blocks   Purple Students: Pythagorean triples   Teachers: Divisibility tests   Patten:
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh Sue VanHattum Mattias Beck Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   Julia Robinson Handout (.pdf)         

February 25

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh Sue VanHattum Dave Auckly Josh Zucker David Bangor
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

March 4

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Jon Yaggie Sue VanHattum Emily McCullogh David Bangor Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

March 11

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 David Bangor Ted Courant Jon Yaggie Josh Zucker Emily McCullogh
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Triangle Centers and Point Masses (.pdf)         

March 18

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten: -- NO CLASS--   Patten 2: -- NO CLASS--
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh David Bangor Josh Zucker SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

March 25

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Jon Yaggie Josh Zucker Emily McCullogh David Bangor
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

April 1

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Jon Yaggie Josh Zucker Sue VanHattum David Bangor Emily McCullogh
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

April 8

SPRING

BREAK

NO MEETING

  Patten: Still Meeting   Patten 2: Still Meeting
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   

April 15

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Jon Yaggie Emily McCullogh David Bangor Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

April 22

   Green Students: Information Theory   Purple Students:   Teachers:   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Richard Watson David Bangor Emily McCullogh Jon Yaggie Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

April 29

   Green Students:   Purple Students: Information Theory   Teachers: Geometric Constructions   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Josh Zucker Richard Watson Tom Rike Emily McCullogh Jon Yaggie
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

May 6

   Green Students:   Purple Students: Geometric Constructions   Teachers: Information Theory   Patten:   Patten 2:
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh Tom Rike Richard Watson Josh Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
               

May 13

End of

the Year

Party



Fall 2009 Program Calendar

 

  Date
 
 


  Green   Student   Session

 
 


  Purple   Student    Session

 
 


  Teacher   Session

 

September 17

   Green Students: Rhythms, Factors, and Primes   Purple Students: Monte Hall Problem   Teachers: Self-descriptive numbers and sentences
Instructors:
 Yvonne Lai Emily McCullogh Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

September 24

   Green Students:Path Counting and Pascal's Triangle   Purple Students: Card Tricks, beginning of Base 3   Teachers: Knots
Instructors:
 Joshua Zucker Emily McCullogh Brandy Wiegers
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Card Tricks (.pdf) - Tom Davis   

October 1

   Green Students: Card Tricks   Purple Students:Path Counting and Pascal's Triangle   Teachers: Counting Walks
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh Joshua Zucker Qiang Wang
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   Card Tricks (.pdf) - Tom Davis      

October 8

   Green Students: Criss-Cross   Purple Students: Counting Walks   Teachers: Path Counting and Pascal's Triangle
Instructors:
 Brandy Wiegers Qiang Wang Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

October 15

   Green Students: Brains, Information and Mathematics   Purple Students: Base 3, continuation and completion of Card Trick   Teachers: Hard Problems
Instructors:
 Richard Watson Emily McCullogh DVD- by request
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Card Tricks (.pdf) - Tom Davis   

October 22

   Green Students: Magic Cards- Base 2   Purple Students:The Odd and Even game (parity and order of operations)   Teachers: Brains, Information and Mathematics
Instructors:
 Sue VanHattum Joshua Zucker Richard Watson
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   Magic Cards(.pdf)      

October 29

   Green Students: Counting walks   Purple Students: Brains, Information and Mathematics   Teachers: Card Tricks (Base 3)
Instructors:
 Qiang Wang Richard Watson Emily McCullogh
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Card Tricks (.pdf) - Tom Davis

November 5

   Green Students: Parity Games   Purple Students: Cutting a pancake, finding number of regions   Teachers: Constructions in Geometry   Patten: Mad Veterinarians (Parity)
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh Sue VanHattum Tom Rike Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
            

November 12

   Green Students: Towers of Hanoi, Robots in Mazes, & Cyphers   Purple Students: Constructions in Geometry   Teachers: Proofs without words.   Patten: The Splitting Piles Game
Instructors:
 Linda Brown Westrick Tom Rike Matt Beck Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   Westrick's Classnotes         
  

Dec - Jan

   

Winter

  Holiday

Winter Activity Book(.pdf)
  

Jan 30

   TEACHER ONLY WORKSHOP    at SFSU, 9am - 3pm



Spring 2009 Program Calendar

 

  Date
 
 


  Green   Student   Session

 
 


  Purple   Student    Session

 
 


  Teacher   Session

 
  

Dec - Jan

   

Winter Holiday
  

Jan 31

   TEACHER ONLY WORKSHOP    at MSRI, 9am - 3pm

Feb 5

   Green Students: mathematical models of oscillations and synchrony and how this connects to natural and man-made phenomena.   Purple Students: Bottle Blastoff   Teachers: polyhedra
Instructors:
 Richard Watson Jamylle Carter Matt Beck
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   Watson's Website - setup for the talk      

Feb 12

   Green Students: Bottle Blastoff   Purple Students: Introduction to Infinity   Teachers: polyhedra
Instructors:
 Jamylle Carter Lalit Jain Matt Beck
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Introduction to Infinity(.pdf)   

Feb 19

   Green Students: Criss Cross   Purple Students: mathematical models of oscillations and synchrony and how this connects to natural and man-made phenomena   Teachers: Bottle Blastoff
Instructors:
 Brandy Wiegers Richard Watson Jamylle Carter
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Watson's Website - setup for the talk   

Feb 26

   Green Students: Bottle Blastoff   Purple Students: Zome-Tastic   Teachers: The Shape of Space
Instructors:
 Jamylle Carter Lalit Jain Marion Moore
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Zome Intro Class (.pdf)   
March 5
   Green Students: Bottle Blastoff   Purple Students:The Shape of Space   Teachers:
Instructors:
 Jamylle Carter Marion Moore Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

March 12

   Green Students: The Shape of Space   Purple Students:Bottle Blastoff   Teachers:Non-Euclidean Geometry
Instructors:
 Marion Moore Jamylle Carter Mike Greenberg
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Greenberg_NonEuclidean(.pdf) Greenberg_NonEuclidean(.docx)

March 19

   Green Students: The Wonderful World of Soma Cubes   Purple Students: Non-Euclidean Geometry   Teachers: The Shape of Space
Instructors:
 Lalit Jain Mike Greenberg Marion Moore
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   SOMA cubes (.pdf), SOMA cubes (.doc)   Greenberg_NonEuclidean(.pdf) Greenberg_NonEuclidean(.docx)   

March 26

   Green Students: Non-Euclidean Geometry   Purple Students: Cryptography   Teachers:
Instructors:
 Mike Greenberg Hillel Raz Matt Kahle
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   Greenberg_NonEuclidean(.pdf) Greenberg_NonEuclidean(.docx)      

April 2

   Green Students: The Young Map Colorer   Purple Students:   Teachers: Bottle Blastoff
Instructors:
 Jupei Hsiao Matt Kahle Jamylle Carter
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

April 9

Spring Break - No class

April 16

Spring Break - No class

April 23

   Green Students: The Konigsberg Bridge   Purple Students: Pell's Equation   Teachers: Buffon's Needle
Instructors:
 Jupei Hsiao Tom Rike Jamylle Carter
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Pell Equations handout (.pdf)   

April 30

   Green Students: Hamiltonian Paths and Circuits   Purple Students: Buffon's Needle   Teachers: Pell's Equation
Instructors:
 Jupei Hsiao Jamylle Carter Tom Rike
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Pell Equations handout (.pdf)

May 7

   Green Students:   Purple Students:   Teachers: mathematical models of oscillations and synchrony and how this connects to natural and man-made phenomena
Instructors:
 Lalit Jain Jamylle Carter Richard Watson
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

May 14

End of the Year Party



Fall 2008 Program Calendar

 

  Date
 
 


  Green   Student   Session

 
 


  Purple   Student    Session

 
 


  Teacher   Session

 

Sept 18

   Green Students: Cryptography   Purple Students: Mathematical Games   Teachers: Mathematical Games
Instructors:
 Hillel Raz Alex Wong Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   September Newsletter   September Newsletter   September Newsletter, numbers and games -teachers.pdf

Sept 25

   Green Students: Cryptography   Purple Students: Mathematical Games   Teachers: Population Dynamics
Instructors:
 Hillel Raz Joshua Zucker Brandy Wiegers
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Numbers and Games (students) .pdf   

Oct 2

   Green Students: Geometry - Area of all Triangles   Purple Students: Population Dynamics   Teachers:
Instructors:
 Emily McCullogh Brandy Wiegers Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

Oct 9

   Green Students:Mathematical Games   Purple Students: Shortest Paths   Teachers: Hyperbolic Functions
Instructors:
 Joshua Zucker Mohamed Omar Lalit Jain
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   October Newsletter,   Numbers and Games (students) .pdf   October Newsletter   October Newsletter

Oct 16

   Green Students: Population Dynamics   Purple Students: Mini Golf Geometry   Teachers: Fractions and Tilings
Instructors:
 Brandy Wiegers Hans Christianson Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Fractions and Tilings Handout (.pdf)

Oct 23

   Green Students: The Monte Hall Problem   Purple Students: Partition Bijections   Teachers: Pythagorean Music
Instructors:
 David Sivakoff Chris Berg Lalit Jain
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

Oct 30

   Green Students: Area of Polygons   Purple Students: Coloring Cubes   Teachers:
Instructors:
 Lalit Jain Joshua Zucker Mat'e Wierdl
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         

Nov 6

   Green Students: Tiling   Purple Students: Voting Methods   Teachers: Graph Coloring
Instructors:
 Matthew Stamps Joshua Zucker Matt Beck
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   November Newsletter   November Newsletter   November Newsletter, graph coloring handout

Nov 13

   Green Students:   Purple Students: Combinatorics: Fun with sequences and series   Teachers: Sums and Bernoulli Numbers
Instructors:
 Joshua Zucker Robert Hildebrand Tom Rike
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Bernoulli handout(.pdf)

Nov 20

   Green Students:   Purple Students: Sums and Bernoulli Numbers   Teachers:
Instructors:
 Joshua Zucker Tom Rike Matt Beck
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
      Bernoulli handout(.pdf)   graph coloring handout (.pdf)



Spring 2008 Program Calendar

 

  Date
 
 


  Green   Student   Session

 
 


  Purple   Student    Session

 
 


  Teacher   Session

 

Feb 4

   Green Students: Hungry, Hungry Leap Frog   Purple Students: Cancelled   Teachers: Codes, Ciphers & Secret Messages
Instructors:
 Hillel Raz Jana Comstock Matt Beck
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   February Newsletter   February Newsletter   February Newsletter

Feb 11

   Green Students: Defining Dimension   Purple Students: Knot Theory   Teachers: Teachers' Circle: Geometry and Geography
Instructors:
 Ezra Gouvea Jana Comstock Tom Davis
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Geography (.pdf)

Feb 25

   Green Students: Defining 4-D Shapes   Purple Students: Four Color Theorem   Teachers: How Pool Balls Bounce
Instructors:
 Yaim Cooper Jana Comstock Peter Tingley

Mar 3

   Green Students: Cryptography   Purple Students:   Teachers: Pick's Formula--the Arithmetic of Polygons
Instructors:
 Hillel Raz Yaim Cooper Matt Beck
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   March Newsletter   March Newsletter   March Newsletter

Mar 10

   Green Students:Cryptography - Cypher Wheels   Purple Students: Mass Point Geometry   Teachers: Teachers' Circle Problems to Tease and Teach
Instructors:
 Hillel Raz Tom Rike Tatiana Shubin
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Handout (.doc)

Mar 17

   Green Students:   Purple Students: Cancelled   Teachers: Mass Point Geometry
Instructors:
 Ezra Gouvea Tom Rike

Apr 7

   Green Students: The Porridge Portion Problem   Purple Students:   Teachers: Mathematics of Origami
Instructors:
 Yvonne Lai Ezra Gouvea Emily Peters
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   April Newsletter   April Newsletter   April Newsletter

Apr 14

   Green Students: Tiling   Purple Students:Cancelled   Teachers: Teachers' Circle: Pigeon Hole Principle
Instructors:
 Matt Kahle Joshua Zucker
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
         Pigeon Hole Principle

Apr 21

   Green Students: Geometry and Minimization   Purple Students: Symmetry   Teachers: The Porridge Portion Problem
Instructors:
 Alex Kaiser Jonathan Dorfman Yvonne Lai

Apr 28

   Green Students: Lewis Carroll Symbolic Logic   Purple Students:   Teachers:
Instructors:
 Jana Comstock Ezra Gouvea Yaim Cooper

May 5

   Green Students: Tic-Tac-Toe on Mini Spaces   Purple Students: Buffon's Needle Problem   Teachers: Teachers' Circle Parking Problem
Instructors:
 Yvonne Lai Ellen Veomett Matt Beck
  Notes,   References,   Additional Problems:
   May Newsletter   Handouts, May Newsletter   May Newsletter, Session Handout

May 12

  End of the Year Party



Fall 2007 Program Calendar

 

  Date
 
 


  Topic

 
 


  Instructor

 
 

  Lecture Notes, References
 and   Additional  Problems

 
Sep 10
  Student: Criss Cross Yvonne Lai   Criss Cross Handout, from Sam Vandervelde(.pdf)
Sep 10
  Teachers: Teachers' Circle: Math GamesTatiana Shubin  Math Games (.doc), (.pdf)   Splite a Pile (.doc), (.pdf)
Sep 10
  Open HouseFor all students, parents, teachers   Waiver and Release Agreement for Minors.pdf
Sep 17
   Student: Probability Peter Tingley   Questions from lecture (.pdf)
Sep 17
  Teacher: Winning Game Strategies Charles Chrissman   Lecture Notes(.pdf)
Sep 24
  Student: ProbabilityPeter Tingley   Questions from lecture (.pdf)
Sep 24
  Teacher:Winning Game Strategies Charles Crissman  Lecture Notes(.pdf)
Oct 1
  Student: Mathematics of OrigamiEmily Peters  Building an Origami Cube
Oct 1
  Teacher: Teachers' MeetingBrandy Wiegers, Tom Rike  
Oct 8
  Student: Mathematics of OrigamiEmily Peters  You Tube Video- Making a Frisbee star, Building a Butterfly Ball
Oct 8
  Teacher: Teachers' Circle: One Player GamesJoshua Zucker  One Player Games with Invariants
Oct 15
  Student: King ChickensCharles Crissman  
Oct 15
  Teacher: Mobius StripsEzra Gouvea  
Oct 22
  Student:Definitions & Algorithms Yaim Cooper  
Oct 22
  Teacher:Geometric TopologyEzra Gouvea  
Oct 29
  Student: Population Dynamics Brandy Wiegers  
Oct 29
  Teacher: Definitions & AlgorithmsYaim Cooper  
Nov 5
  Student & Teachers : Laws of Chance.Dr. Michael Orkin -and- Dr. David Ross  
Dec - Jan
  Winter Holiday  Winter Activity Book(.pdf)
Jan 14
  Special Session for TEACHERS ONLY. Teachers' Circle Paul Zeitz   Notes from Paul Zeitz


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