Evolving Math Circles Outreach Culture
Our aim is to spread the culture of Math Circles outreach in all institutions in Pakistan. We organize experiential workshops for teachers to instill motivation for the math-outreach programs and value. These experiential workshops provide hands-on experience to participants in conducting math circles. We are building a network of Math-enthusiasts and providing them training and support to launch math circles independently at their respective institutes.
We believe that recognizing the hard work and dedication of those who are striving to improve math education in Pakistan is crucial for building a strong and vibrant math community in the country. From teachers to students to volunteers, everyone who is involved in math circles plays an important role in fostering a love for math and developing critical thinking skills in the younger generation.
We will be featuring profiles of individuals and organizations who are making a difference in math education, sharing success stories and best practices, and providing resources for anyone who wants to get involved in math circles.
Join us in celebrating the achievements of those who are shaping the future of math education in Pakistan!
Helpful links and Resources for Teachers
Topics for worksheets - Some ideas
Counting problems | Pigeonhole principle | Ways of approximating Pi | Mental Math skills | Concept of primes and counting primes | Mathematical paradoxes | Infinity- through infinite sums | Algorithms building | Graphs and coloring problems | Graphs games and devising winning strategies | Nim and graph games and winning strategies | Trigonometry and its applications | Josephus problem and pattern recognition | Polynomials and coding | Chinese remainder theorem and related problems | Fibonacci sequences and related patterns | Finding roots of polynomial in a finite number systems | Collatz conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture and Kaprekar number | Peasant ways of computing sums | Number Theory- Lotus eaters | Constructing numbers using straight-edge and compass | Matchsticks Mania | Hat problem | Escape problem | Square-able Numbers | Card Games | Traceable graphs | Caesar’s Cipher | Cottage Problem | Cryptography and coding | Fibonacci sequences-building blocks | Pappus theorem - Putting trees in rows | Sieve algorithm for counting primes
Below you can find links to websites offering puzzling, interactive games and problems that help plan a Math Circles activity.
Puzzle page, which has videos and puzzle writeups: mathforlove.com/puzzles
Geek for Geeks puzzles: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/puzzle-2-find-ages-of-daughters/?ref=lbp
Mancala game: https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/mancala.html
IMAGINARY Learning: https://www.imaginary.org/program/surfer, https://imaginaryorg.notion.site/Let-s-talk-about-outreach-6c16df49c3eb415cb7b383d2f9df5260
Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival: https://www.jrmf.org/activities?isMultiplayer=1&sort=publishedAt_DESC&tab=1
Rich Learning Series with Dan Finkel: https://mathspathway.com/media-library/category/richlearning/
Nurturing young Mathematicians https://nrich.maths.org/pakistan2024, https://nrich.maths.org/15208, https://nrich.maths.org/15287 https://nrich.maths.org/15369 https://nrich.maths.org/1866 https://nrich.maths.org/15110
Math Pickles at MOMATH: https://mathpickle.com
Global Math Project: https://globalmathproject.org/
Videos Rich Tasks: https://mathforlove.com/video_category/rich-tasks/
One link that I think might be quite useful is playwithyourmath.com.
Purple Cornet! Math Meet (https://purplecornet.org/): Taking place around the world in April, Purple Cornet! Math Meet is a free, online, international, team mathematics competition designed for middle and high school students conducted annually since 2003.
Canada Cyber STEAM Challenge (C3) (https://canadacybersteamchallenge.com/): The Canada Cyber STEAM Challenge (C3) is a national online competition aimed to encourage students in grades six through twelve to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems involving science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
Education.com (https://www.education.com/): Limited number of worksheets downloads for free you can use and your students to enjoy.
Games 4 Gains (https://game4gains.com/): Require creating a free account. Several worksheets are available for free, others may require paying some fees.
Po Shen Loh (https://www.poshenloh.com/live): Free daily YouTube Live Stream. It’s an “Ask Math Anything”, taking any middle/high school math questions serving the wider public.
The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC - Waterloo) (https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/resources): The CEMC courseware materials feature lessons, interactive activities, enrichment challenges, and unlimited opportunity for practice with feedback. The courseware is online, free to use, and does not require registration.
Parallel by Simon Singh (https://parallel.org.uk/): Weekly math challenges. 15 minutes of interesting, fun and challenging material that goes beyond school math: mystery and history, activities and oddities, puzzles and problems.
Problem of the week – NCTM (https://www.nctm.org/pows/): The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) posts weekly math problems for each and every student.
Math is Fun (https://www.mathsisfun.com/): Free worksheets and math games for all levels.
Cool Math 4 Kids (https://www.coolmath4kids.com/): Free math games, lessons, quizzes, manipulatives, brain teasers and more for kids, teachers and parents.
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (https://insidetheperimeter.ca/stay-at-homescience-for-explorers-of-all-ages): Offers a list of STEM interesting activities beside math.
The Magical Way to Learn Mathematics (http://zimmer.fresnostate.edu/~mnogin/fresnomathcircle/magictricks/powerof3.html): Many playing card tricks and the math behind them that will amaze your students.
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