This course is designed to build problem solving skills and positive attitudes about math, so students embrace challenges and expand their academic and career opportunities in the future.
Advanced topics for mathematical games and challenges is will be based on approximately 36 class meetings with 2 class meetings per week for 1 semester (2 quarters). For the first 14 weeks, the class will focus on a topic from the Math Counts Handbook. Below are list of topics. The remaining 4 weeks will be used for students to complete and present their final assessment.
This is a graded course and will be based on the effort/work completed in class as well as the final assessment (video).
Students are working in groups of 4 and may change throughout the semester.
For each topic, students should work together on designated problems, and will plan on presenting a solution to one of the problems in the form of a creative and fun video.
Topics: General Math: Number Theory: Percents and Fractions: Sequences, Series, and Patterns: Statistics and Data: Probability, Counting, and Combinatorics: Plane Geometry: Measurement
Final Assessment
The Math Video Challenge empowers students to take their math and problem-solving skills to the next level with a creative video project. Students work together in teams of 4 to create a video that explains the solution to a MATH COUNTS problem and demonstrates a real-world application of the mathematics concept explored in the problem. Combining art, writing, math, acting and technology, this program makes learning math interactive and fun for students.
Advanced topics for mathematical games and challenges is will be based on approximately 36 class meetings with 2 class meetings per week for 1 semester (2 quarters). For the first 14 weeks, the class will focus on a topic from the Math Counts Handbook. Below are list of topics. The remaining 4 weeks will be used for students to complete and present their final assessment.
This is a graded course and will be based on the effort/work completed in class as well as the final assessment (video).
Students are working in groups of 4 and may change throughout the semester.
For each topic, students should work together on designated problems, and will plan on presenting a solution to one of the problems in the form of a creative and fun video.
Topics: General Math: Number Theory: Percents and Fractions: Sequences, Series, and Patterns: Statistics and Data: Probability, Counting, and Combinatorics: Plane Geometry: Measurement
Final Assessment
The Math Video Challenge empowers students to take their math and problem-solving skills to the next level with a creative video project. Students work together in teams of 4 to create a video that explains the solution to a MATH COUNTS problem and demonstrates a real-world application of the mathematics concept explored in the problem. Combining art, writing, math, acting and technology, this program makes learning math interactive and fun for students.
Math Challenge Video Samples:
Math Video Challenge Example #1: Little Figures
Math Video Challenge Example #2: Ice Cream Challenge
Math Video Challenge Example #3: Recipe For Success
Math Video Challenge Example #4: Math vs. Robbers
Math Video Challenge Example #5: Multiple Steps
Math Video Challenge Example #6: Ladder Challenge
Math Video Challenge #7: Goldfish Fanta-Sea
Math Video Challenge #8: Fighting A Zombie Apocalypse
Math Video Challenge #9: Sherlock: A Study in Pi
Math Video Challenge #10: Marble Challenge
Math Challenge #11: The Greatest Pizza
Math Challenge #12: Picture Perfect
Math Challenge #13: Lauries Coins
Math Challenge #14: Algebra Basketball
Math Challenge #15: Honey, I Made the Shot
Math Challenge #16: We're Rich
Math Challenge #17: President Polynomial Has Been Poisoned!
Math Challenge #18: Where's Waldorf?
Math Challenge #19: A Storm is Coming!
Math Challenge #20: Nerd is the Word
Math Challenge #21:Snow White and the Thousand Apples
Math Challenge #22: Seven Doors
Math Challenge #23: How Many Frogs?