by Larry Campbell | Jun 8, 2021 | AfterMath Adventures - Fun/Learning |
JOIN THE FUN ON JULY 11th – 4:00 PM
INTERESTING & WEIRD MATHEMATICIANS –
AND STORIES ABOUT THEM (Part 1)
PREVIEW OF STORIES
This 40-minute session will share several fun stories involving various mathematicians and events in their lives, from the BCE era to the present. You’ll have several laughs – and learn some fun stuff also! NO math is required. 🙂
There are enough stories to fill (at least) two sessions, so we won’t get to ALL of these, but you will certainly hear some of them: *
1.Cardano: The ultimate WEIRD!
2.The 3 Greatest? (And a story for each?)
3.Frank Cole: A Standing Ovation for a Talk where NOTHING was said!
4.Descartes: Reasons to sleep in?
5.Hypatia: First Woman & Her Sad/Ironic Death
6.No Nobel Prize in Math? A non-mathematical ‘triangle’?
7. Napier: Two Stories for the Birds
8.Pythagoras: A mathematical cult
9. Mersenne: Math’s tantalizing remark
10. Ramanjuan (& Hardy): Taxi #1729?
And So Many More (including an apocryphal Einstein story!)
*If you have specific requests, mention them when you register!!
YOU’RE IN LUCK (Again)! The Price is Right!
REGISTRATION
In order to make sure you are saved a seat and that you get the necessary Zoom links (and other information), you need to Register and/or make your desire to attend known. You may do this a variety of ways: 1) Use this Registration – AME Fun/Learning; 2) Use this Contact Form; or 3) Email intentions/questions directly to larrycampbell@missouristate.edu. All three methods also allow for questions or comments.
by Larry Campbell | May 16, 2021 | AfterMath Adventures - Fun/Learning, Various Answers |
Possible Fun One-Shot Zoom Topics
Designed to be fun, and to fit in your hectic schedules, here are some possible topics that could surface at AME in the near future. All of these would be short (30-40 minutes), with time for questions.
Interesting & Weird Mathematicians – And Stories About Them! A standing ovation for a talk where no words were spoken?! The ultimate interesting and WEIRD mathematician! What there is no Nobel Prize in math. Napier’s psychic rooster?! And many, many more!! Likely a Part 1 and a Part 2 (at least?)
Lewis & Clark on the Missouri River A quick summary – with pictures of the places – of some of the Corp of Discovery’s adventures (good and bad) on the Missouri River part of their 3-year journey.
Spitballs From the Back Row A collection of stories and anecdotes from in/near the classroom (including some of my own mishaps!), with some brief discussion of how we can learn from them. Likely a Part 1 and a Part 2.
Brief ‘Snapshot Travelogues’ If you like the Photo of the Week in the Mailings, you should like this adventure. We’ll focus on a country, OR a region of the US, or a similar attribute, and focus there for awhile. Likely a dozen or more possibilities here!
And others are on the ‘drawing board’ at this very moment!
I’d LOVE to hear if anything above ‘grabs you’, as well as any preferences, suggestions (day of week, time of day, other topics?). EITHER leave a COMMENT below, or use the CONTACT FORM ,or simply REPLY to the Mailing. Input always appreciated!
by Larry Campbell | Jan 5, 2021 | AfterMath Adventures - Fun/Learning |
Math is Not a Four-Letter Word: Family Fun with Math
SESSION DATES & TIMES: THURSDAY evenings, Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, from 6:00 – 6:30 pm.
SESSION LEADER: Dr. Larry Campbell, former C of O and MSU professor and math educator.
So, you don’t think that math and fun fit in the same sentence?! Then this is the family (or individual) adventure for you!! Of course, you can certainly sign up by yourself (and we’ll love to have you), but it’ll be even more fun with family members!
We’ll be having too much fun and variety to try to pin down a specific weekly schedule – each session may depend on what happened the week before!!
But each week is likely to feature (at least) a Game of the Week, a Puzzle/Riddle of the Week, and a FUN Problem or Challenge of the Week. BUT . . .No assignments – no grades! There will be only FUN – no pressure!! We’ll play some games, learn some tricks, maybe learn some fascinating math facts, and maybe talk about what we’re doing – but we’ll DEFINITELY have fun!!
REGISTRATION
In order to make sure you are saved a seat and that you get the necessary Zoom links (and other information), you need to Register and/or make your desire to attend known. You may do this a variety of ways: 1) Use this Registration Form; 2) Use this Contact Form; or 3) Email intentions/questions directly to larrycampbell@missouristate.edu. All three methods also allow for questions or comments.
by Larry Campbell | Jan 5, 2021 | AfterMath Adventures - Fun/Learning |
Missouri River Magic – February 2021
Four afternoons or evenings of February fun, adventure, and learning, as we follow the Missouri River from start to finish ! Our journey begins with a Joint First Session on Sunday afternoon, Jan 31, at 3:30 – 4 pm (Central time).
After that, there will be two choices for you in February: Continue on Sunday afternoons (3:30) on Feb 14, 21, and 28. OR switch to Tuesday evenings, 6:00 – 6:30 pm (Central) on Feb 9, 16, and 23.
QUICK OVERVIEW
Session 1: Overview, Logistics and other details. Begin the journey in Montana.
Session 2: Continue through Montana, move into the Dakotas.
Possible Highlights, first 2 sessions: *The source(s) of the River – the official one and the real one. *Helena and Great Falls, MT. *World’s Shortest River *Decision Point *Wolf Point * Bismarck, ND * ND Capitol * Custer’s home fort * Lewis/Clark’s first winter camp * Pierre and Ft. Pierre, SD (one city, two time zones) * SD Capitol *More, time permitting
Session 3: Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas
Possible Highlights, Session 3: *Sioux City, IA * Three State, Two Rivers * Other Sioux City landmarks * Des Moines and Council Bluiffs (One city, two states) * Atchison, KS – My most unique stop!! *Mo River Bridge at Atchison * Amelia Earhart history *Biggest surprise of the trip! *MUCH more, time permitting
Session 4: Home to Missouri!!
Possible Highlights, Session 4: *St. Joseph, architecture and history *Kansas City (one city, two states) * The River turns eastward * Boonville, Lexington (cannonball in courthouse!) & Arrow Rock * Jefferson City! * Herman (wine capital of Missouri) * Washington (corn cob pipe capital of the world) * The Mighty Confluence of Missouri and Mississippi! *More?
REGISTRATION
In order to make sure you are saved a seat and that you get the necessary Zoom links (and other information), you need to Register and/or make your desire to attend known. You may do this a variety of ways: 1) Use this Registration Form; 2) Use this Contact Form; or 3) Email intentions/questions directly to larrycampbell@missouristate.edu. All three methods also allow for questions or comments.
BACK TO AFTERMATH ADVENTURES
by Larry Campbell | Jan 5, 2021 | AfterMath Adventures - Fun/Learning |
JOIN THE FUN IN FEBRUARY!
Dive in and enjoy either or both of these weekly Zoom sessions, designed for family fun and/or learning – usually both!! These first sessions are FREE (see below), so you can’t go wrong. Each session consists of four 30-minute sessions, one per week. Here’s what’s available in (mostly) February:
ADVENTURE 1: Missouri River Magic
Follow the Mighty Missouri from its source (in Three Falls, Montana) along its 2300 miles all the way to St. Charles, MO, where it merges with the Mississippi, as we re-trace my 2016 seven-week trip (by car) of the same nature. Pictures, stories, history, information: as much as we can squeeze into a total of 2 hours!!
TWO AVAILABLE TIMES: One general session (for all) on Sunday, Jan 31 at 3:30 (Central), followed by your choice of Sundays (3:30) Feb 14, 21, and 28 -or- Tuesdays at 6:00 pm (Central) Feb 9, 16, and 23.
ADVENTURE 2: Math is Not a Four Letter Word; Family Fun with Math
Let’s have some (family) fun! And let’s sneak in some numbers and math to boot! Lots of guaranteed fun, with games, puzzles, riddles, challenges, and more. All with NO GRADES!!
SESSION TIMES: Four half-hour sessions on Thursday evenings in February (4, 11, 18, and 25) from 6:00 – 6:30.
YOU’RE IN LUCK! THESE ADVENTURES ARE FREE!!
Since this is my first time trying facilitating these online sessions – in general, and on Zoom – these FIRST AfterMath Adventures sessions are FREE, but there is an admission ‘price’. 🙂 You have to agree to 1) Be patient with me – we’ll all be learning together; and 2) Answer some questions/survey AFTER the ‘course’.
REGISTRATION
In order to make sure you are saved a seat and that you get the necessary Zoom links (and other information), you need to Register and/or make your desire to attend known. You may do this a variety of ways: 1) Use this Registration – AME Fun/Learning; 2) Use this Contact Form; or 3) Email intentions/questions directly to larrycampbell@missouristate.edu. All three methods also allow for questions or comments.
