{"id":351,"date":"2019-01-14T01:53:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T06:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2019-01-14T01:59:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T06:59:53","slug":"fall-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/fall-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Florida Math Circle is an effort of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Mathematics<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ucf.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Central Florida<\/a> to offer the middle\/high school students of the Central Florida region an opportunity to have fun with mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>The Math Circle is not directed towards a particular curriculum; it is not a class, a lecture or a tutorial. It\u00a0is a directed experience in encouragement of student discovery of mathematics. We are happy to be part of a national effort &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathcircles.org\">The National Association of Math Circles<\/a>&#8221; to encourage and develop mathematical insight in students.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Sessions<\/h2>\n<p>All sessions are guided by math faculty at the University of Central Florida. During the sessions, students will be engaged in problem-solving activities which will sharpen their understanding of the curriculum related topics. All physical meeting sessions will be held on Saturdays, 2:00pm-4:00pm, in the room 318 of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Mathematical+Sciences+Building,+Orlando,+FL+32816\/@28.5995747,-81.2005892,17z\/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x88e7685db409ea8f:0xd43056fe9a280745!2sMathematical+Sciences+Building,+Orlando,+FL+32816!3b1!8m2!3d28.5996669!4d-81.2003372!3m4!1s0x88e7685db409ea8f:0xd43056fe9a280745!8m2!3d28.5996669!4d-81.2003372\">Mathematical Sciences Building\u00a0<\/a>on the UCF campus.<\/p>\n<h2>Fall 2018 Dates<\/h2>\n<p>As the campus would be closed due to football games, we plan to hold 8 physical meeting sessions and 5 online problem challenge sessions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">Date<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">Contents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">September 15<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">1st meeting \u00a0 \u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/18Sep15_activities.pdf\">Activity handout\/challenge<\/a>) \u00a0 \u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/september-15-2018\/\">Photos<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">September 22<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">2nd meeting \u00a0 \u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/18Sep22_activities.pdf\">Activity handout\/challenge<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">September 29<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">Online problem challenge \u00a0 \u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/18Sep29_challenge3.pdf\">Challenge<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">October 6<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">Online problem challenge \u00a0 \u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/18Oct6_challenge.pdf\">Challenge<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">October 13<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">3rd meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">October 20<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">4th meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">October 27<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">5th meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">November 3<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">6th meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">November 10<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">Online problem challenge \u00a0 \u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/circle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/11\/18Nov10_challenge.pdf\">Challenge<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">November 17<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">Online problem challenge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">November 24<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">Online problem challenge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">December 1<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">7th meeting has been Cancelled, due to the Conference Championship Football Game on campus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\">December 8<\/td>\n<td width=\"474\">8th meeting &amp; Celebration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>What should students bring?<\/h3>\n<p>Students will bring pencils and a loose leaf binder to hold the session handouts and their work product. 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