Resources and Links

Math Teachers' Circle Network

Here are other links we have found with fun math activities:

Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals

Here are some references for the summer 2017 workshop (handouts, problems, further reading, etc.). Some are allusions without problem details posted here; feel free to ask if you need decoding. (This is not a comprehensive list of problems used.)

• • Games played: Sumoku, Prime Climb, Set, Spot It, On the Dot, Iota, Swish, Qwixx, The 24 Game

  • Other suggested games: Qwirkle, Tiny Polkadots, Robot Turtles

• Common Core Math Practice Standards poster (small)

  • Link to full size poster

  • Books shared: Introductory Calculus for Infants, Really Big Numbers

• Firestation Location (Joshua Sabloff)

• Problem Solving Warmups (Elgin Johnston)

  • Subtracting consecutive corner number problem; click here for picture

  • Covering rectangular grids without backtracking; click here for picture

• Rational Tangles (Tom Davis)

  • Another untangling problem; click here for picture from problem solving on the board

References for the summer 2015 workshop (handouts, problems, further reading, etc.):

• 1 to 100 problem (J. Zucker)

• Exploding Dots (J. Tanton)

• Pennies touching (Math Circles)

• KenKen handout 1 (T. Davis)

• KenKen handout 2, "Not Sudoku" (T. Snyder)

• Intersection Math (J. Tanton)

• Primes and Number Theory (J. Zucker)

  • The Pythagorean Theorem:

  • An Illustrated Essay (A. Newton)

  • Lesson, interactive proof, etc. (Brainingcamp.com)

• Set (B. Conrey and B. Donaldson)

  • Compositions (J. Zucker): Worksheet, Teacher notes

  • Todd Velde's recommendations:

  • S. Mahajan from MIT on teaching

  • What If? by R. Munroe

References for the 2015-2016 academic year meetings:

September 8:

• "Magical Squaring" (video featuring A. Benjamin)

  • "100 Problems Each Involving the Number 100" (J. Tanton) (See Problem 9)

October 13:

• "Happy Numbers" (S. Crook)