Suffolk County Math Tournament for Elementary School Students
Hosted by Stony Brook University
Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Date of Competition: |
May 20, 2009 |
Registration Date: |
TBA |
Organized and directed by local elementary math specialists Megan Roth-Ueno, Melora Lane, and Byron Lane; supported by the Suffolk County Math Teachers' Association; and hosted by the Center for Science and Mathematics Education at Stony Brook at Stony Brook University; the competition challenges students in grades four through six to answer higher-level and multi-step math problems in both individual and team competitions.
During the individual portion of the tournament, students are given 35 minutes to work independently on ten difficult problems. During the team portion, each five-student team is asked to work together to complete ten even more complex problems in only 25 minutes.
An example: "The sum of all the prime factors of 42 is subtracted from the sum of all the odd factors of 42. What is the result?"
For more information about this event, write to: tournamentdirectors@hotmail.com
To learn about the Suffolk County Math Teachers' Association, see
http://worknotes.com/ny/suffolk/scmta/index.html
To learn more about Math Olympiads, see www.moems.org
Upcoming Events
January 8 - 10, 2009: Drs. Keith Sheppard and David Bynum present at the Association for Science Teacher Education International Conference in Hartford, CT
February 13, 2009: Living World Open Science Night Lecture - "Celebration of Darwin's Bicentennial", lecture by distinguished biologist, Dr. Stephen Stearns, Yale University
February 16, 2009: Deadline for HHMI National Scholars applications (for non-Stony Brook students)
February 17, 2009: Provostial Lecture by Dr. Uri Treisman (University of Texas at Austin), "Science and Mathematics Education"
March 2, 2009: Deadline for HHMI Undergraduate Summer Fellowship applications
March 14, 2009: The Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held at Stony Brook