Some of you have recommended wonderful workshops, classes, contents, and festivals. Here are a few examples. For more information, click on any of the underlined links.
Math Circles
Math circles are weekly gatherings of high school (or younger) students working on problems involving complex and advanced mathematical topics, guided by mathematicians and educators. Math Circles offer interested students an opportunity to develop reasoning and problem solving skills through exploration of Mathematics. There are Math Circles world wide. Check online to see if there is a Math Circle near where you live.
American Mathematics Competitions 8 (AMC 8)
amc.maa.org/amc8/2010AMC8-bro.pdf (2010 brochure)
www.unl.edu/amc/d-publication/d1-pubarchive/2009-10pub/AMC8/2009-10-AMC8-bro.pdf (2009 brochure)
What is the American Mathematics Competitions 8? It is a math competition for middle school children. The AMC works with teachers, mathematicians, and professional organizations to provide high quality, challenging math problems aligned with curriculum standards. Many well-known colleges and universities request scores from our contests at the higher grade levels and use them for recruiting and admissions.
The material covered is the middle school mathematics curriculum. Topics include probability, estimation, percentages, spatial visualization, everyday applications and reading and interpreting graphs. The AMC 8 contest is for students in the sixth through eighth grade, although accelerated fourth and fifth graders can also take part. AMC 8 eligibility extends to any student 14.5 years of age or younger, and not enrolled in grades 9 through 12. It is 25 questions in length, and is multiple choice with no penalty for guessing. The contest takes only 40 minutes. A student's score is the number of problems correctly solved.
Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival Activities (JRMF)
www.msri.org/specials/festival/festival_activities.html
The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals are a program of in-person math events supplemented by deep contest problems you can work on in small teams at your school.
Julia Robinson was a mathematics professor at UC Berkeley for many years. She is famous for her solution of Hilbert.s tenth problem. The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals were started in the San Francisco Bay Area to honor her legacy and encourage more students to pursue mathematics. The festivals began around the San Francisco Bay Area in 2007 and now we are expanding with festivals across the country. We would love to help you organize a similar event in your local community.
I suggest trying the JRMF activities that have a star in the left most column (indicating that they are less challenging than others). The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival is for 6 - 12th graders.
MathPath
Advanced Summer Camp for students age 11-14 who show high promise and love mathematics. MathPath is a 4-week residential summer camp held on a different campus each year for students who are 11 to 14 years of age. The grade the student is attending in school is not relevant, age is.
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Online School
www.artofproblemsolving.com/School/index.php
AoPS offers classes for eager students of mathematics in grades 6 - 12.
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