Math Contest Camp Schedule

July 6-11, 2008

 

I want to give the campers a variety of contest like experiences during the week.  Many (most) of my sources of problems are available online where contests have posted archives or practice problems for educational use.  I hope some of the students will continue to work on mathematics during the rest of the summer (and school year), so I am posting information on most of the sites used during the week.  A more complete listing of contests and materials is available at http://users.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/tournoth.html

 

Sites I anticipate using during the week are

            http://07contest.kcatm.org/HighSchool/HS_Pastexams.htm  archives of the Kansas City Area Teachers of Mathematics Contest

            http://www.aleks.com/independent/students/course_products ALEKS-an online course system students could use on their own

            http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Edutainment/g1/index.php Art of Problem Solving For the Win (FTW)

            http://www.iclicker.com/ I-clickers-a Classroom Response System I have used in College Algebra the past couple of years.

            http://mathcounts.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=295&srcid=195 Previous MATHCOUNTS competitions

            http://www.pasd.wednet.edu/school/mathwasl practice problems by topic and grade level for the Washington State Math Assessment

            http://www.stlcc.edu/fv/math/Excellence%20in%20Math%20Contest.htm St. Louis Community College Excellence in Mathematics Contest and http://users.stlcc.edu/departments/fpmathcontest/ at Forest Park

            http://www.unl.edu/amc American Math Competitions (AMC-8, AMC-10, AMC-12, AIME, etc.)

            GPML-http://mathleague.org/store.php

            ARML-http://www.arml.com/index.php

            Rocket City Math Contest - http://www.rocketcitymath.org/index1.htm  

             http://www.ticalc.org/pub/ many ti-calculator programs are available for downloading.

             http://www.ticalc.org/programming/columns/ has links to tutorials for those wishing to write their own programs

             Information on math related careers:   http://www.careercornerstone.org/

            Watched Hard Problems DVD:  http://www.hardproblemsmovie.com/


 

 

Time

Sunday, July 6

Monday, July 7

Tuesday, July 8

Wednesday, July 9

Thursday, July 10

Friday, July 11

7:45-8:30

 

breakfast

breakfast

breakfast

breakfast

breakfast

8:30-10:00

 

1-Go over placement test

2-old GPML Sprint

2-old AMC12-iclicker

1-buzzers wasl Jeopardy

2-Buzzers wasl jeopardy

1-St. L 8th grade exam-i-clicker

2-AIME

1-KC-8th grade, i-clicker

pack up and check out

10-10:30

 

Break

Break

Break

Break

Awards in McClelland: 10-11

10:30-11:45

 

2-Go over placement test and earlier Sprint exam

1- Iclickers--AMC8

1-KC team tests.mathletics
2-continue with AMC12

2-GPML Relays and mathematical induction

1-St. L 8th grade exam-i-clicker--continued

1-Estimation Golf

2-Power Question (old GPML)

 

11:45-1:15

 

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

 

1:15-3:00

 

Programming TI Calculators

Sketchpad (triangles) in computer lab

Award Ideas

Hard Problems DVD

Derive

Countdown from MATHCOUNTS (can watch National MC webcast and pause it) 

 

3:30-4:30

students move in (4-5 pm)

FTW in computer lab

rock wall

free time at dorm

ALEKS in computer lab

 

5:30-6:30

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

 

6:30-7:30

get to know you

Speaker-Allison Langford

Speakers-Jim Truelove and Perry Tompkins

Estimation Golf

Preliminary evaluation

Final instructions

 

7:30-9:30

placement test-old MATHCOUNTS sprint (state 2002)

pool: 7-8, then free time till 10:30

free time till 10:30

pool: 7-8, then free time till 10:30

pool: 7-8, snack in Wellness Center, then free time till 11:00