MathPath

For our final Saturday activity, students were grouped into teams to solve a Movie Mystery, where they were assigned characters and had to use math and their deductive skills to get clues and discover which character was the saboteur! The last round of Sunday activities included a screening of Hidden Figures , a puzzle hunt made by counselor Hannah, an Ultimate Spelling Bee, and a final chess tournament. Dr. Cornelia Van Cott taught Metrics on the Plane this week.   In the fourth week of MathPath, Dr. Lidia Mrad joined the faculty to teach Single Variable Optimization, and Prof B, Dr. Z, and Dr. V all returned to each teach one last breakout for the 2021 program. Silas Johnson taught Special Relativity and Math and Music, both of which had students buzzing about the mind-blowing content of their breakouts! After Dr. Kent's incredible history plenaries (Kentaries!), she taught Game Theory in the afternoon this week. Dr. Cornelia Van Cott taught two breakouts again this week, Integer...

Last weekend, students submitted photos, played games, and completed various challenges to earn points for their team in Saturday's Scavenger Hunt. David's team was the only group to collect over 100 points, bringing his counselor group to first place! Saturday's fascinating guest plenary on voting theory was given by Dr. Deanna Haunsperger. We learned all about plurality versus ranking-based voting systems and the surprisingly dramatic difference these methods can make in the results! David's team won Best Photo and tied with Stevanni's team for Best Drawing! MathPathers did all sorts of things in the Scavenger Hunt. On Sunday the 11th, MathPathers had an ultimate showdown playing Geoguessr, watched the England vs. Italy soccer game, completed the Sunday crossword, and enjoyed a campaign of Dungeons & Dragons. Even more exciting than a weekend full of activities was the camp-wide Spirit Week. Campers showed their enthusiasm for MathPath by participating in diff...

 After a fun-filled weekend featuring a camp-wide Alien Puzzle Hunt and a variety of optional activities on Sunday, students were ready to kick off their second week of MathPath. The p resident of the Mathematical Association of America, Dr. Jennifer Quinn, gave Saturday's guest plenary, where students voted in an epic math battle to determine whether Sir Match-A-Lot or the Countess produced the more beautiful mathematical statement. Our next guest speaker on Wednesday was Dr. Michael Dorff of Brigham Young University, who amazed us with his presentation on the mathematics utilized for animation and special effects in Hollywood films! Students use their problem-solving skills in the puzzle hunt, facilitated by two alien counselors, Eloek and Space Pirate. MathPath offered a riveting selection of breakouts this week.  Director of Programs April Verser shared her strategies and knowledge as faculty for the Intermediate Contest Problem-Solving breakout.  Dr. Asia returned to...