Dear Math Friends,
Join us on Saturday, 10/17, 2-4pm at the Kingston Library for The Mathematics of Gerrymandering and more! This is our kickoff session for our Family Math Afternoons at the Kingston Library. See below for the full schedule.
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In addition to our Family Math Afternoons this year, we’ve also announced our contest schedule. We have a big announcement coming up - a math movie - in early December! See below for a quick preview.
We’re looking forward to math enrichment with you this year,
Japheth
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Japheth Wood, PhD
Director, Bard Math Circle and Co-Director, Bard Math CAMP
Continuing Associate Professor of Mathematics, Bard College
Family Math Afternoons at the Kingston Library
Join us at the Kingston Library on Saturday, October 17, 2pm to 4pm, for our monthly Family Math Afternoon. Each session features hands-on math, including math puzzles, logic games, mathematical problem solving, and a mathematical artifact that you can make and take home. The sessions are suitable for all ages, especially for middle school and upper elementary school students who enjoy math.
This month: The Mathematics of Gerrymandering
From: America’s most gerrymandered congressional districts, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/05/15/americas-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts/
Gerrymandering is when electoral districts are drawn to favor one political party over another. We’ll learn by doing. Can you Gerrymander five equal-size districts onto this map of 25 voters so that the minority of blue voters can win?
We’ll face these and other Gerrymandering challenges on Saturday. The result will be some insight into how Gerrymandering can distort electoral results.
Time: Saturdays, 2-4pm
Dates: October 17, November 21, December 12, January 23, February 20, March 13, April 17
Location: 61 Crown Street in Uptown Kingston
Cost: Free!
Parking: The Kingston Library has ample free parking available.
Audience: all ages, especially especially for middle school and upper elementary school students who enjoy math. And their families!
Math Contests
We are offering the AMC contests and Purple Comet this year, and more.
Visit our contest page, www.bardmathcircle.org/contests, for more information.
Math Movie
Join us at Bard College on Thursday, December 3 for a free screening of Hunting Yellow Pigs
5:15pm (doors at 4:15PM) 90 Minutes
We’ll have a lot more to say about this soon. In the meantime, get your tickets!
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If you are organizing a math or math-adjacent event, we’d love to publicize it here!
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