MathFest 2018
Denver, CO
2 August 2018
4:10-4:25pm

A chance invitation to design a brief, competitive-format math activity from our regional MESA coordinator led to a new take on the old “Space Chips” math circle activity about constructing and understanding polyhedra.

In this session I discussed my experiences with roughly 250 secondary level students--in teams--at two MESA festivals, and my thoughts about the value of using this sort of hurried introductory phase to a math circle as an intuition and team building exercise setting the stage for a deeper investigation.