Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - November/December 2013 - (Page 33)

Grade 11; 3 weeks; residential and commuter. Students explore such topics as fractals, the history of mathematics, probability and statistics, and number theory while participating in classes, labs, and problem sessions. www.math.utah.edu/hsp Summer Math Research Training (SMaRT) (TX) Ages 14-18; 2 weeks. Through lectures and problem sets, students explore such topics as algebra, combinatorics, and number theory. www.math. tamu.edu/outreach/Camp University of Michigan Math & Science Scholars (MI) Grades 9-11; 2 weeks; residential and commuter. Students take one class such as Combinatorial Combat, Fibonacci Numbers, Fortunes Made and Lost: Financial Mathematics, Graph Theory, or Mathematics and the Internet, and participate in research and ﬁeldwork. www.math.lsa.umich.edu/mmss Worcester Polytechnic Institute Frontiers (MA) Grades 10-11; 2 weeks. Students focus on STEM challenges and projects in such areas as computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and mathematics. T complement the o academic program, students also enroll in a humanities and arts workshop. www. wpi.edu/academics/k12/frontiers.html WEBSITES Art of Problem Solving In this online community for students who love math, you'll ﬁnd discussion forums, online learning opportunities and competitions, and fee-based classes. www.artofproblemsolving.com Calculus.org Need help with calculus? Find it here. www.calculus.org Cogito Produced by the Johns Hopkins University Center for T alented Youth, this awardwinning site for young scientists and mathematicians includes original articles, interviews, proﬁles of professional and student scientists and mathematicians, and more. www.cogito.org www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine Cut the Knot Here you'll ﬁnd tons of great information, including bios of famous mathematicians, games, puzzles, and interactive learning modules. www.cut-the-knot.org Freakonomics: The Hidden Side of Everything Get thinking about economics with this blog, which features the views of multiple economists. http:// freakonomics.com/blog Fun Math This entertaining site from the Mathematical Association of America features math news, a math problem of the day, Prime Pages, the "Mathemagician," biographies, resources, and more. www.maa.org/ programs/students/fun-math Get the Math At this interactive site, you'll ﬁnd a variety of exciting math-related challenges presented through the lens of music, fashion, food, and more. After mastering a given challenge, you can move on to more, well, challenging ones. www.thirteen.org/get-the-math Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes: The Joy of Stats This is a ﬁne demonstration of the power of statistics. www.youtube. com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo The International Year of Statistics At this fact-ﬁlled site, you can explore careers in statistics, check out the statistic of the day, and try-just try-to imagine a world without statistics. www.statistics2013.org The Mathematical Association of America: Resources for High School Students Here you'll ﬁnd advice on how to start a math club, information on careers in mathematics, and more. www.maa.org/programs/students/ student-resources/high-school The Mathematics of Juggling In this hour-long video, former world record-holding juggler and Cornell math professor Allen Knutson provides a wholly entertaining and accessible lecture on the math of juggling. Don't miss it! www. youtube.com/watch?v=38rf9FLhl-8 SH UT TER STO CK Summer Math Programs for High School Students (UT) NOVA Physics and Math Design your own fractal, watch episode abstracts and a fun music video about Euclid's Twin Prime Conjecture, and much more at this interactive site. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics POPMathematics This comprehensive site contains biographies of women mathematicians, a glossary of mathematical mistakes, math history, problems, puzzles, games, and an extensive list of math-related sites. http:// archives.math.utk.edu/popmath Rubik's World See the current world champion solve the cube in 8.18 seconds, learn tricks for solving it yourself, and watch as others attempt to solve while reciting pi, skydiving, and more. www.rubiks.com BOOKS Beautiful Mathematics by Martin Erickson (Mathematical Association of America, 2011). The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics by Grady Klein and Alan Dabney (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013). From Gear Ratios to Calculating Odds: Mathematics in the World of Sports by Joel Levy (Fireﬂy, 2013). An Invitation to Mathematics: From Competitions to Research by Dierk Schleicher and Malte Lackmann (Springer, 2011). Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive T oday's Computers by John MacCormick and Chris Bishop (Princeton University Press, 2013). Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Inﬂuence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do by Kaiser Fung (McGraw-Hill, 2010). The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't by Nate Silver (Penguin Press, 2012). The Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics as T Through old Equations by Dana Mackenzie (Princeton University Press, 2012). imagine 33 http://www.cut-the-knot.org http://www.math.utah.edu/hsp http://www.freakonomics.com/blog http://www.freakonomics.com/blog http://www.math.tamu.edu/outreach/Camp http://www.math.tamu.edu/outreach/Camp http://www.maa.org/programs/students/fun-math http://www.maa.org/programs/students/fun-math http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/mmss http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo http://www.wpi.edu/academics/k12/frontiers.html http://http:// http://archives.math.utk.edu/popmath http://www.wpi.edu/academics/k12/frontiers.html http://www.statistics2013.org http://www.rubiks.com http://www.artofproblemsolving.com http://www.Calculus.org http://www.maa.org/programs/students/student-resources/high-school http://www.maa.org/programs/students/student-resources/high-school http://www.calculus.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38rf9FLhl-8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38rf9FLhl-8 http://www.cogito.org http://www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - November/December 2013

In My Own Words
Interested in Econ
The World in Numbers
Reckoning with Randomness
Elliptic Curves
A League of Our Own
More Than Math
Developing Your Numbersense
Where Math Meets Imagination
Selected Opportunities & Resources
Dancing in the Footsteps of My Ancestors
Off the Shelf
Word Wise
Exploring Career Options
Planning Ahead for College
Students Review
Mark Your Calendar
Knossos Game

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - November/December 2013