What I Did at Camp
Kheya's Math Adventure
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Today, July 21,2008 was the first day of camp. We woke up early in the morning,got ready, and had breakfeast. Then it was time to go to our first class.First, we read and talked about a ancient woman mathmatician named Hypatia of Alexandria.Second, we were split into groups to make a venn diagram about what our group has in common and what we don't. Third, we had a introduction to linear equations, polynominals, and graphing. We also learned how to do graphing on a graphing calulators. Fourth, we had snack time. There was goldfish,apple sauce, and Kool Aid (fruit punch). Fifth, we learned about  Fibonacci and Golden Ratio. We did some activities about them and we even measured ourselves to see who was the "golden girl". Last but not least, We learned how to make a tesselations on a computer. 
Tessellation

Hi again, today is Tuesday July 21, the second day of camp.This morning, at our first class, we read about Sophie Germain. We also learned about Algebra tiles and Quadratic equations.Then we had pudding, pinapple and pink lemonade for snack. After snack we learned about Pascal's Triangle and codes.Then we had lunch.After lunch, there was a guest speaker named Iraj Kalantari. We did a game on  polynomiograghy that his brother created.Next, we did decorated a tote bag because the nets for sand volleyball were not up.So, after crafts, we went toget dinner. Then, after dinner we went swimming. The last thing we did was finish out tote bags. Then it was bedtime. Goodnight! 


Hey there again! Today is Wednesday July 23.   After we woke up, had breakfeast, we went toour class. This morning we learned about Ada Lovelace,  fractal geometry and we played a game called mastermind.For snack we had goldfish, trailmix and pink lemonade. Then we got a guest speaker named Stephanie Jones, who is a engineer. We got to make slime. Then it was lunch time. While we ate lunch we watched Numbers.Next we learned about polyhedrons. After that we ate dinner and went swimming then we went bowling. Last, we went to bed. I was tired after all that swimming and bowling.
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Polynomiography
I am back! Today is Thursday July 24. As usual, we did our daily routine. Guess What?! It was raining outside so we took the van to breakfeast and first class. We went to our first class. We read and learned about Charlotte Scott, did probabilityand statistics, and more Pascal's Triangle.We had a Christmas cookie and strawberry or peach yougart.After that, we did geometry with origami. Then we had lunch.After lunch, a speaker named Beth Hanson talked more about probability and statistics. Next we went to the bookstore, went to dinner, and ;prep for bed/packing for home.Then it's lights out.
Polynomiography
Polynomiography
Polynomiography
Polynomiography
Polynomiography
Polynomiography
Can you believe It is the last day?! Well it is! Of course, we did our daily routine. Then we went to our first class and we learned about Marjorie Brown and we built a kite. We also learned about spatial visualization with pentaminoes and tangrams.Our instructor gave comments and presented certificates and photos.Believe it or not, it was time to check out. I had a great week and I hope to come back again.See you soon!
Mastermind
Women Mathematicians
Sudoku
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How to Make Slime
Kite Building
Polynomiography
Origami 1
Origami 2
Origami 3
Stories with Holes