Math Camp Sample Schedule

Sunday

   5:00 pm – 6:30 pm     Arrival & Registration @ Grant Tower South B-Tower (GTS-B)
   6:30 pm – 7:30 pm     Orientation @ Formal Lounge, GTS-B
   7:30 pm – 10:00 pm   NIU Campus Tour & Acquaintance Activity
11:00 pm                         Room Check & Lights Out

Monday
 9:00 am –   9:10 am    Problem of the Day
 9:10 am – 11:30 am   Computers, Codes, and Pails of Water
11:30 am –12:00 pm   A Mathematician Plays Nim and Krypto
  2:00 pm –  2:30 pm   Fractals on the Internet
  2:30 pm –  3:30 pm   How to Draw Tessellations Like M. C. Escher
  3:30 pm –  5:00 pm   Submarine Hunting
  7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Volleyball & Basketball @ Office of Campus Recreation (OCR)

Tuesday
9:00 am – 9:10 am    Problem of the Day
9:10 am – 9:30 am   The Solitaire Army Problem
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Competition Sessions
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm   Dynamic Geometry(How to Get the Computer To Do Homework)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   Cracking Codes/Searching for Extra-Terrestrials on the Internet
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Bowling @ Huskies Den, Holmes Student Center (HSC)

Wednesday
9:00 am – 9:10 am    Problem of the Day
9:10 am – 9:30 am    A Mathematician Wins at Nim and Krypto
9:30 am – 10:00 am  Question 999
10:00 am–11:00 am  The Solitaire Army Solution
11:00 am – 5:00 pm   Boxed Lunch & Field Trip
  7:00 pm – 7:30 pm   Pythagorean Triples" – Movie –
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm "The Proof",  & :Stand and Deliver"

Thursday
  9:00 am – 9:10 am  Problem of the Day
  9:10 am – 9:30 am  How to Detangle Knots Using Fractions
  9:30 am–10:00 am  Not Knot  (Film)
10:00 am–11:00 am  Playing with Knots
11:00 am–12:00 pm  Finite Braided Groups
  2:00 pm – 3:15 pm  It’s Just Math
  3:30 pm – 4:45 pm  Hands-On Geometry and Algebra
  7:00 pm–10:00 pm  A Career in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Programming

Friday
  9:00 am –   9:10 am  Problem of the Day
  9:10 am – 10:00 am  Non-Euclidean Geometry Models
10:00 am – 11:00 am  What Godel Did
11:00 am – 12:00 pm  Michael Jordan and Perfection
  2:00 pm –   2:30 pm  A Mathematician Plays Minesweeper
   2:30 pm – 3:30 pm  "N is a Number", An Erdos Film
   3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Solutions to Various Problems of the Day
   5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Awards Ceremony & Pizza Party
   7:00 pm  Camp Conclusion & Pick-Up from GTS-B Lobby

 
 
 
 
 
 

NOTE:

All Morning & Friday Sessions will be held in Reavis Hall 210.

All Afternoon Sessions will be held in DuSable Hall 306.

The Math Assistance Center in DuSable 326 will be available as a break room.