Thursday, July 23

Today at Math Camp for estimation we had to estimate the amount of pennies in a jar. We learned some math tricks for the Critical Thinking. Our female mathematician for today was Maryam Mirzakhani. She actually had difficulty in math during middle school, but everything started clicking in high school. She has a PhD in mathematics and was the first female recipient of the Fields Medal in 2014. One of my favorite things to learn about today was Sierpinski's Triangle. 

Other things I learned about:

• Probability and Statistics
• Cryptography

Other good websites:

• The Monty Hall Problem
• Set-The Game 
• Mastermind-The Game
• More on Sierpinski's Triangle

Wednesday, July 22

Today at Math Camp our estimation project was to estimate the weight in ounces for a key-chain. For critical thinking, we went to a website called Sporcle, and did the "logical logic puzzle" (pizzeria logic puzzle). The female mathematician for today was Maria Agnesi:

• 1718-1799
• learned 5 languages; Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, and Spanish
• Her mother died, so she had to educate her younger siblings

Other things we learned about:

• Pentominoes
• Played Mastermind
• Golden Ratio: approx. 1.618

Factorials: 8! = 8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1

Tuesday, July 21

Today at Math Camp for our estimating activity we had to estimate the area of a poster. We reviewed sets for our Critical Thinking activity. One of my favorite things to do was learn how to use Algebra tiles. They helped me understand a lot better.

Other things we learned about:

Fundamental Counting Principle: When there are m ways to do one thing, and n ways to do another, there are m times n ways to do both.

Polygon: 2D; multisided shape; closed

Polyhedron: 3D; has polygons for faces

Platonic Solids: Cube, Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, and Icosahedron.

Pascal's Triangle and all the different patterns!

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Monday, July 20

Today at  Math Camp we learned mainly about Polynomials and Polynomiography. Polynomiography is computer art with Polynomials. We also learned about Venn diagrams. We were put into groups of three and given a big piece of paper with a Venn diagram. Each of three circles was labeled with our name. We wrote things that were similar and different about ourselves in the circles. 

Other things we learned about:

• Hypatia: one of the first female mathematicians; Greek
• Sets: a collection of objects called elements.
• Critical Thinking: a project to see which group could build the tallest free-standing tower out of one sheet of printer paper and tape.

Estimation: We had to estimate the perimeter of a pennant; whoever won got the pennant.

Some examples of Polynomiography: