by Terrence Bisson | Mar 29, 2014 | Projects
Our final Math Circle of this semester is April 1 (no fooling!). It is on rubber-band braiding and links to knots. (some experts are coming to demonstrate) Here is a link to a project sheet:...
by Terrence Bisson | Mar 25, 2014 | Projects
We had no meeting on March 18 because of Spring break. On March 25, we did a project on Sudoku and its cousins. Here is a link to the project sheet: http://blogs.canisius.edu/themathcircle/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2014/03/mcMarch25.pdf Our final Math Circle of this...
by Terrence Bisson | Mar 25, 2014 | Projects
We celebrated pi day a little early, with help from Dr. H. We looked at the definition of pi, acted out a poetic drama, examined the first 200 digits of pi, and simulated the Buffon needle experiment (with great results).
by Terrence Bisson | Mar 4, 2014 | Projects
The project for March 4, 2014 is “Building Maze-Trees”. Appearing by request, as a follow-up to our interesting project on mazes in Fall 2013. Here is a link to the project sheet:...
by Terrence Bisson | Feb 27, 2014 | Projects
We did a math project called “the game of penny jumping” Here is a link to the project sheet: http://blogs.canisius.edu/themathcircle/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2014/02/PennyJump.pdf
by Terrence Bisson | Feb 27, 2014 | Projects
We did a project called “A Cycle of Differences” Here is a link to the project sheet: http://blogs.canisius.edu/themathcircle/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2014/02/CycleDiff.pdf We did LOTS of experiments. We found an example of a starting square that lasted...
