Join in World Math Day! (March 3rd, 2010)
Teachers and parents, are you looking for a fun and different math activity for your students or kids? Then you’ll be happy to learn that tomorrow, March 3rd 2010, is World Math(s) Day!
Teachers can sign their classes up to participate in this online math contest with same-aged students (5-18 years) from around the globe for a chance to win prizes. Individual students or homeschooling families can register too. This year for the first time there is even a category for teachers and parents who want to join in the fun. Plus, it is all COMPLETELY FREE!
Here is how it works:
“Students play at home and at school against other students around the world in live games of mental arithmetic. Each game lasts for 60 seconds and students can play up to 500 games, earning points for each correct answer. The students who answer the most questions appear in the Hall of Fame. Students cannot select their level but will move up as they progress.”
(“About World Maths Day,” from the World Maths Day website)
So far there are over 2 million students from 37,000 schools in 200 countries registered for tomorrow’s event. The goal is to beat last year’s world record of correctly answering 452,681,681 questions!
I had fun just browsing the lists of students and classes registered from an amazing array of locations. It would make for a great geography lesson in addition to the math fun!
Head on over right now and register your students, children, and yourself!
LINKS:
World Maths Day 2010 Official Blog
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Too bad I didn’t see this yesterday. Registration is closed already.
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Mom Unplugged Reply:
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:43 pm
That’s too bad Wendy! I should have posted this sooner but I got tied up. I also didn’t realize that registration closed the day of the competition. Thanks for letting us all know!
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They should really do this on “Pi Day” (3.14). Many schools celebrate that as a special focus on math day already and it doesn’t conflict with the Dr. Seuss’ birthday reading week festivities.
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Mom Unplugged Reply:
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Yes, that would be better. I guess because this competition originates in Europe I believe, they probably aren’t thinking of the same special days that we are here in the US. Thanks for the reminder about Pi Day though!
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christie Reply:
March 4th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
I think it wouldn’t be so much that they aren’t *thinking* about Pi Day on March 14, it’s that March 14 is written as 14.3 in Europe rather than 3/14… so pi doesn’t even make sense on that day. :)
Love this idea, though, and hope to get my kids involved next year. They’d like it, I think.
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Mom Unplugged Reply:
March 4th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Excellent point Christie! Thanks SO MUCH for reminding us about dates in Europe, and “Pi.”
BTW I’ll try and be more on top of the schedule and my timing next year so I can alert people more than the day beforehand!
We celebrated Math Day in our school. I encourage everyone to spread the news and participate next year.
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