On Tuesday November 18, the second annual Howard County Math Festival
was held at Centennial High School in Maryland. Members of the SIAM
Student Chapter at UMBC (Samuel Khuvis, Jonathan Graf and Sarah Swatski)
volunteered to have a table at the event to demonstrate the real-world
applications of mathematics. We also were able to promote mathematics
by sharing our experiences as young mathematicians in a Math Related Majors for College Students session.
We created a display board to showcase the SIAM “Math Matters, Apply It!” posters, showing the diverse fields to which mathematics can be applied from special effects to vaccination. These posters were very popular, and many students and parents spent considerable time reading these posters and discussing the applications with us. It was a pleasure to attend and we enjoyed discussing mathematics with attendees of all ages. The event had over 1,000 attendees and students were able to see that math is more than just manipulating numbers in the classroom.
For the event photo, see this link.
We created a display board to showcase the SIAM “Math Matters, Apply It!” posters, showing the diverse fields to which mathematics can be applied from special effects to vaccination. These posters were very popular, and many students and parents spent considerable time reading these posters and discussing the applications with us. It was a pleasure to attend and we enjoyed discussing mathematics with attendees of all ages. The event had over 1,000 attendees and students were able to see that math is more than just manipulating numbers in the classroom.
For the event photo, see this link.
