How to Count Your Way Out of Trouble:
A Course Exploring the Art of Combinatorics (for grades 4 and 5)
Saturdays at 1:30 and 2:30
In this course, we will take an exhilarating tour of the mathematical field of combinatorics, picking up some of the classic and more beautiful techniques used in all of math on the way. We’ll learn what pigeons have to do with anything, how getting dressed can be a game, and why knowing all your options will help you in a pinch. Counting is one of the most powerful techniques we have at our disposal, and in this class we’ll savor some of the most delicious ideas in mathematics–the Fibonacci numbers and Pascal’s triangle, for example–that arise as a result of just simple counting.
Section A: Girls Only, 1:30-2:20 pm
Section B: 2:30-3:20 pm
In partnership with the Robinson Center. Registration opens Monday, December 5th.