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Math Day
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For High School Students
Monday, March 23, 2009
UW campus, Seattle
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Learn how mathematics can be exciting, practical and rewarding!
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Hands-On Activities
BioHand, Inc. (11:15)
Teams of students work in an "industry setting" to design and test a prosthetic finger. Participants are given a limited set of materials and a list of design considerations. They then design, build, and test their device, and report on their success and difficulties.
Space limited - ticket required.
Mathematical Card Tricks (10:15 and 1:20)
Jonathan Cross, Graduate Student, Mathematics and Statistics
Learn how to impress your friends and family with just a deck of cards and your brain. No sleight of hand is necessary, just some clever math. The ideas involved are based on a relatively young field of mathematics called Combinatorics. Combinatorics is the study of discrete objects, counting arrangements of those objects, and optimizing their properties.
Space limited- ticket required.
The Mathematics of Juggling (10:15 and 11:15)*
Sara Billey, Associate Professor, Mathematics
We will introduce a mathematical framework to model any juggling pattern. There are many more juggling patterns than those which are humanly possible (at least for most people). We will give demos of some interesting patterns and discuss how juggling patterns arise in mathematics.
Space limited - ticket required.
Math Day Magic Show (10:15 and 1:20)
Carto Wong, Graduate Student, Mathematics, University of Washington
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Questions?
Information about Math Day is also available at: www.math.washington.edu/~morrow/mathday.html.
If you have questions about program content, please call the UW Department of Mathematics, 206-543-1150.
If you have questions about registration, please contact UW Extension, 206-897-8939 or 1-800-506-1325.
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Math Day 2009 is presented by the UW Department of Mathematics in conjunction with the Departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Applied Math, Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth and Space Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biotechnology, Oceanography, Physics, Statistics, Zoology, the UW Medical Center, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media and the Center for Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities.
