Inspired by calculus

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 notes, Sue and Andrea! Thank you for taking pictures for our gallery, Linda and everybody […]

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 as I hoped. In hindsight, I think I know how to fix the experiences, and […]

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 other ideas: consistency of patterns; differences; and measurement. Here are all photos from the Circle. […]

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, Kristin, Bill, and Guy! I use full notes for write-ups. And thank you everyone who […]