Free Online Math Circle Has a Few Spots Open Still

 

We picked a time. We're meeting for nine weeks, each Saturday from March 2 to April 27, for an hour, at 3pm PT / 6pm ET. We still have a few spots open. We'll be playing with Triangles, Circles, and Pi, along with the fictional Althea and her friends. Participants will get an introduction to geometry, proof, and trigonometry.

 

I'm writing a new book series, Althea's Math Mysteries. In four young adult novels, Althea and her friends explore some of the mysteries of mathematics. The first two books are nearing publication, and the second book needs folks to test it out. In Althea and the Mysteries of Triangles, Circles, and Pi, Althea and friends, with the help of Althea’s mom, explore geometry and proof in order to then learn the basics of trigonometry.

 

We'd like to find some eager math students to join us in an online math circle, led by me, to explore along with Althea and her friends. Students will participate in 9 weeks of lively small-group sessions: in part a deep and friendly math course, and also a unique book club, with the author refining the story based on student reactions.

 

Do you know any students who enjoy math, know a bit of algebra, and would enjoy "user testing” Althea and the Mysteries of Triangles, Circles, and Pi? We're looking for a few more young people to try out the activities in this book together. 

Commitments: 

• Attend 9 weeks of 60-minute live online sessions from March 2 to April 27, each Saturday at 3pm PT / 6pm ET.
•  Read and comment on 1 to 3 chapters of the book each week. 
• Keep an informal math journal during this time.

For all who stay the course: 

• You'll learn the foundations of geometry and trigonometry (and will get a certificate for completing the course).
• You'll get a signed copy of the published book.
•  Your name or alias will appear in the book's acknowledgements, and you will receive a letter of appreciation for your help with this STEM project. (If you’d like a letter of recommendation later, we will be happy to write one for you.)
•  You’ll get to build community with math friends and mentors.

 

 

Interested? Please email me at mathanthologyeditor@gmail.com for more information, or to sign up.

Openings Now in Free Online Math Circle

 

Join an online math circle for students ages 12 to 15 in March and April, exploring geometry, proof, and the basics of trigonometry.

 

As most of you know, I'm writing a new book series. In four young adult novels, Althea and her friends will be exploring some of the mysteries of mathematics. The first two books are nearing publication at Natural Math.

In Althea and the Mysteries of Triangles, Circles, and Pi, Althea and friends, with the help of Althea’s mom, explore geometry and proof in order to then learn the basics of trigonometry. My publisher and I would like to find some eager math students to join me in an online math circle, exploring some math mysteries along with Althea and her friends. Participants will join lively small-group sessions: in part a deep and friendly math course, and also a unique book club, allowing me to refine the story based on student reactions.

Althea and the Mysteries of Triangles, Circles, and Pi is a fictional story set in the present, in which the characters discuss math, with Mom throwing in a few true stories from the past. Like The Number Devil and Math Girls, this book gives you more the more you put into it by doing the math yourself.

Do you know any students who enjoy math, know a bit of algebra, and would enjoy user testing Althea and the Mysteries of Triangles, Circles, and Pi? We’re looking for 5 to 8 young people to try out the activities in this book together. If interested, please add your name and information here.

 

Commitments:

• Attend 9 weeks of 60-minute live online sessions in March and April. Times to be determined, most likely 4 p.m. EST / 1 p.m. PST, on Saturday or a weekday (whichever works for more students).
• Read and comment on 1 to 3 chapters of the book each week.
• Keep an informal math journal during this time.

 

For all who stay the course:

• You’ll learn the foundations of geometry and trigonometry (and will get a certificate for completing the course).
• You’ll get a signed copy of the published book.
• Your name or alias will appear in the book’s acknowledgements, and you will receive a letter of appreciation for your help with this STEM project. (If you’d like a letter of recommendation later, we will be happy to write one for you.)
• You’ll get to build community with math friends and mentors.

 

The Storytellers of Math

Anyone here reading knows that I'm working on my series of young adult novels with math at the center - Althea's Math Mysteries.

 

But did you know that this drive to tell math stories is growing among budding storytellers across the lands? 

Sue in California (me!) is writing Althea's Math Mysteries. Four of them!

Shayla (aka SK Bennett) in New Mexico is writing the next book after Marco the Great and the History of Numberville. (I'm loving this one. I'm so glad there will be another.)

Sarah in Washington has written some wonderful fairy tales about physics and math. I'm reading Newton's Laws: A Fairy Tale right now.  (Currently free.)

And of course there are about a dozen lovely stories from the authors who work with Natural Math.

Who else is out there, writing tales of mathjoy that I haven't discovered yet?!