Spring 2024, Central Florida Math Circle

Registration (Registration is now closed. Please contact Dr. Kwon for inquiry.)

Short Video Clip Introducing Our Math Circle

Further updates will be posted on Twitter.

Mrs. Julia Keith, Mrs. Abigail Ruiz, and Ms. Laura Pimentel from Orange County Public Schools will lead the opening session with 'Mathematical Mysteries: A Logic and Puzzle Adventure' on 1/27. They are teachers and Noyce Fellows in the EdD program at UCF. 🍎📚 #UCF #NoyceFellows

Our Ph.D. program graduate students, Ms. Kacie Kulenguski and Mr. Michael Lafferty (for Grade 6), Mr. Kenneth Thuleweit (for Grade 7&8), and Mr. Bryan Ducasse (for the Advanced Group), are excited to welcome you to UCF next week on 1/27.

Central Florida Math Circle will return on January 27th.
If you haven't received my email confirming your registration, please send a direct message to me. I will send e-mails to the participants with further details later this week.

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If you have any inquiries, then please contact Dr. Michelle Kwon at Seongchun.Kwon@ucf.edu

We will bring regional middle school math enthusiasts to our campus again from January 27 to March 2(every Saturday from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm).  Students will attend the talks and activities led by math faculty members and regional teachers who are NSF/Noyce doctoral fellows in EdD at UCF (2:00 pm – 3:30 pm). Then, students will meet with other middle school students in the same level (Grade 6, Grade 7&8, or Advanced Group), with whom they will discuss mathematical reasoning and the points of view that lead to problem-solving (3:30 pm – 4:30 pm). The problem-solving and discussion activities will be led by graduate students. Our graduate students, and faculty members at the University of Central Florida are waiting for you to spread joy in mathematics and mathematical thinking.

The Central Florida Math Circle is an effort of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Central Florida to offer the middle school students of the Central Florida region an opportunity to have fun with mathematics.

The Math Circle is not directed towards a particular curriculum; it is not a class, a lecture or a tutorial. It is a directed experience in the encouragement of student discovery of mathematics. We are happy to be part of a national effort “The National Association of Math Circles” to encourage and develop mathematical insight in students.

 

Our Sessions

All sessions are guided by math faculties, and graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida. Each session consists of two parts. In the first part of each session (2:00 pm – 3:30 pm), faculty members will give talks on the intriguing topics of mathematics or lead mathematical explorations. In the second part of each session (3:30 pm – 4:30 pm), students will be engaged in problem-solving and discussion activities with the curriculum-related enrichment topics which will sharpen their understanding of the curriculum-related materials.

All sessions will be held on Saturdays, 2:00 pm-4: 30 pm, in the Mathematical Sciences Building on the UCF campus. The locations will be announced later.

Session Date Speaker Title of the talk
1 January 27
Mrs. Julia Keith,
Mrs. Abigail Ruiz, and
Ms. Laura Pimentel from Orange County Public Schools
Mathematical Mysteries: A Logic and Puzzle Adventure
2 February 3 Dr. Xin Li How Math Research Can Help AI?

Dr Li will talk about his experience in his collaboration with computer vision faculty to show how math research is done and how math research can help AI.

3 February 10
Mrs. Julia Keith, and
Mrs. Sabrina Robinson from Orange County Public Schools
Unlocking Visual Patterns with Scatter Plots
4 February 17 Dr. Laura Yang The Coin Arrangement on a chessboard
5 February 24 Dr. Alexander Tovbis Mathematical Induction
6 March 2 Dr. Barry Griffiths The World of Mathematics

What should students bring?

Students will bring a notebook and pencils. Students will come with a desire to see mathematics differently.

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