Tag: Inspired by calculus

Inspired by Calculus: Friday math circle, week 2

These are notes about young calculus adventures at a family Math Circle, a part of the Inspired by Calculus series. This week, we worked more on iterations and growth functions, and started to look at symbols. Thank you for the

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Inspired by calculus: Tuesday math circles, Weeks 4 and 5

These are notes about a math circle for kids ages six to ten. Thank you for your write-ups, Kristin and Sally! All photos are in the set on Flickr. This time, I talk about several activities that did not work

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Inspired by Calculus Thursday math circle, week 3

These are notes about our activities at the third meeting of the Math Circle. The main goals of activities were to contrast linear and non-linear growth, and to approximate curves with straight lines. Children’s activities brought my attention to three

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Inspired by Calculus: Tuesday math circle, Week 3

Please shoot me a quick email if kids do or say anything related to functions, infinity, and other such topics, at home. It really helps to plan for the next time, and it’s always interesting! Thank you for taking notes,

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