Resources and Links
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)
Books shared: Introductory Calculus for Infants, Really Big Numbers
Problem Solving Warmups (Elgin Johnston)
Subtracting consecutive corner number problem; click here for picture
Covering rectangular grids without backtracking; click here for picture
Another untangling problem; click here for picture from problem solving on the board
References for the summer 2015 workshop (handouts, problems, further reading, etc.):
Primes and Number Theory (J. Zucker)
The Pythagorean Theorem:
Set (B. Conrey and B. Donaldson)
Compositions (J. Zucker): Worksheet, Teacher notes
Todd Velde's recommendations:
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: