Professor Eric Stade with students at Lafayette's Pioneer Elementary

Professor Eric Stade with students at Lafayette's Pioneer Elementary.

The 彩民宝典 Department of Mathematics is actively engaged in outreach to local K12 schools and to the community.

With generous support from the 彩民宝典 Outreach Committee, Math Department faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates (math majors, minors, and students from such courses as MATH 1110/1120: Mathematics for Elementary Educators and MATH 1130:听 Mathematics from the Visual Arts) have initiated, organized, and participated in a variety of engagement initiatives.听

Some highlights are:

  • 2006-present: Development and staffing of various interventions---including in-class facilitation; one-on-one tutoring; Math Clubs, Math Homework Groups, Math Nights, Talented and Gifted programs, filed trips to the CU campus, and so on---at a number of BVSD schools, including: Whittier Elementary and the Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies in Boulder; Ryan, Pioneer, Lafayette, and Sanchez Elementary Schools in Lafayette.
  • 2012: Development of an outdoor mathematics exhibit at Platt Middle School in Boulder.
  • 2014-present:听 Co-sponsorship, with the 彩民宝典 Department of Applied Mathematics, of the .
  • Summer 2011: Development and implementation of a six-week Math Enrichment program for the .听 The success of this program was encapsulated by one particularly notable statistic: immediately prior to the program, 32% of FLC students agreed with the statement 鈥淚 think math is fun;鈥� immediately afterwards, that number jumped to 70%.听
  • Spring 2009, 2011, and 2013: Presentation of a mathematics talk entitled 鈥淔ibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio:听 why can鈥檛 we all just get along?鈥澨� as part of CU-Boulder鈥檚 鈥淐U Wizards鈥� public lecture series.听 Attended each year by over 300 middle school students and their families.
  • Summer 2014 and 2015:听 Hosting, and development/delivery of a math workshop, for the Summer Research and Mentoring Program for Underrepresented Groups in Engineering.
  • Summer 2015:听 Development and delivery of 鈥淰isual Mathematics Academy,鈥� a three-week mathematics course for students enrolled in the .

Marble rollercoasters, velocity, acceleration, and fun at the Family Learning Center

Marble rollercoasters, velocity, acceleration, and fun at the Family Learning Center

Students from 听听 More Platonic solids, with MATH 1130 students and BVSD 3rd graders

Students from "Mathematics from the Visual Arts" (MATH 1130) bring the Platonic solids to life for 3rd graders at a BVSD elementary school.