Congratulations to Our Chicago's Youth Math Symposium Participants

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th grade students who defended their inquiry-based math projects during Math Circles of Chicago's QED: Chicago's Youth Math Symposium on Saturday at Walter Payton College Prep!  Students chose or created an open-ended math problem to investigate over the past few months and worked hard at developing a solution.  The project placed emphasis on perseverance, curiosity, mathematical reasoning, and clear written, visual, and verbal communication.  As students investigated patterns and attempted to create generalizations, their work led to further questions to investigate in the true spirit of problem solving.  Students submitted written essays and presentation boards which deeply communicating their mathematical thinking and presented their ideas to judges who provided constructive feedback and ideas for next steps. 

Skinner North had a strong turn out and was recognized as being one of four schools who contributed the highest number of student entries.  Students who attended also got to listen lecturer, Dr. Emily Peters from Loyola University, give an interesting presentation on Knot Theory.

These students received the following recognition at the event:

Successful Mathematics Research:  Sadrish and Kadir
Distinguished Mathematics Research:  Fannie, Zoe, and Chelsea
Highly Distinguished Mathematics Research:  Anagha, Madison, Marvin, Isaac, and Julie


Here is a link, to Math Circles of Chicago, which may be of interest to many parents and students:  https://mathcirclesofchicago.org/

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