In Fall & Winter 2022-23, the Lower Elementary Math Ellipse
is actually a Middle Elementary Ellipse, for grades 3-5.
It now meets Mondays, 3:45-5:15.
In Fall 2019 and Winter 2020, there was no Lower Elementary Math Ellipse.
Advanced 3rd graders joined the Upper Elementary Math Ellipse.
is actually a Middle Elementary Ellipse, for grades 3-5.
It now meets Mondays, 3:45-5:15.
Winter 2023 Schedule:
This schedule is tentative and hence subject to change.
Date | Topic |
January 2 | New Year's Vacation & JMM Vacation |
January 9 | |
January 16 | MLK Day Vacation - Optional Meeting on Folding Fractions |
January 23 | Picking Points |
January 30 | Puzzle Pieces |
February 6 (Tu B'Shevat) | Magic Trees |
February 13 | Hearty Math |
February 20 | Presidents Day Vacation |
February 27 | Mondrian Math |
March 6 | Fractals |
March 13 | Pi |
March 20 | P3 or A Recipe to Infinity |
Fall 2022 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
September 5 | Labor Day Vacation |
September 12 / 16 | Elliptical Explorations |
September 19 | Prancing Pentominos |
September 26 | Rosh HaShanah Vacation |
October 3 / 7 | Getting SET |
Oct.10/14 - Global Math Week | Exploding Dots |
October 17 / 21 | Sukkot Sets / Martin Gardner |
October 24 / 28 | Counting Cauldrons |
Oct. 31 / Nov. 4 | Halloween Vacation / SBJFF Vacation |
November 7 / 11 | Gerrymandering / Veterans Day Vacation |
November 14 / 18 | Map Coloring |
November 21 / 25 | Thanksgiving Vacation |
Nov. 28 / Dec. 2 | Bagels & Mugs |
December 5 / 9 | Torus Explorus |
December 12 / 16 | Pascal's Triangle |
Spring 2022 Schedule (on Zoom):
Date | Topic |
to be filled in |
Winter 2022 Schedule (on Zoom):
Date | Topic |
to be filled in |
In Fall 2019 and Winter 2020, there was no Lower Elementary Math Ellipse.
Advanced 3rd graders joined the Upper Elementary Math Ellipse.
Spring 2019 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
April 3 | Elliptical Explorations |
April 10 | Coloring Space - 1D |
April 17 | Coloring Space - 2D |
April 24 - Passover | Jumping Frogs |
May 1 | Personal Vacation |
May 8 | Mastermind & Permutations |
May 15 | Polygons of Equilateral Triangles |
May 22 | A Recipe to Infinity |
May 28 | Mathematcal Billiards |
June 5 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Winter 2019 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
January 9 | Quartering the Cross |
January 16 | JMM Vacation |
January 23 | Alpha Star AMC - Euler |
January 30 | Puzzle Pieces |
February 6 | MacMahon Squares |
February 13 | Isomorphic Games |
February 20 | Mondrian Math |
February 27 | Omino Tiling |
March 6 | Pascal's Triangle |
March 13 | Shapes of Numbers |
March 20 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Fall 2018 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
September 26 - Sukkot | Banana Bunches |
October 3 | Elliptical Explorations & Directions/Dimensions |
October 10 - Global Math Week | Exploding Dots |
October 17 | Area on a Lattice |
October 24 | Pick's Theorem |
October 31 - Halloween | Jumping Spiders |
November 7 | Tower of Hanoi |
November 14 | The Game of SET |
November 21 | Thanksgiving Vacation |
November 28 | Knots and Not Knots |
December 5 | Dreidel Math |
December 12 | Spot-It! |
December 19 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Spring 2018 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
April 4 | Elliptical Explorations |
April 11 | G4G Vacation |
April 18 | Puzzles from G4G |
April 25 | Donuts & Donut Holes |
May 2 | KenKen |
May 9 | KenKen (kentinued) |
May 16 | Museum Guards |
May 23 | Triangulating & Coloring |
May 30 | TBD |
June 6 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Winter 2018 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
January 3 | Elliptical Exploration |
January 10 | JMM Vacation |
January 17 | Hexominos, Nets & Calendar |
January 24 | Graph Coloring |
January 31 ~ Tu b'Shvat | Trees |
2-7-18 ~ e Day | exponentials |
February 14 ~ Valentine's Day | Möbius Strips |
February 21 | Pythagorean Theorem in Foam |
February 28 | canceled due to illness |
March 7 | Map Coloring |
March 14 ~ Pi Day | π |
March 21 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Fall 2017 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
September 13 | Elliptical Exploration |
September 20 | Some Soxy Problems |
September 27 | Gossip Networks |
October 4 | Probability, Paradoxes & Monty Hall |
October 11 | Exploding Dots |
October 18 | Polyhedra Parts I |
October 25 | Polyhedra Parts II |
November 1 | Lyin' & Tigers & Bears |
November 8 | Square Fractals |
November 15 | Dividing Shapes |
November 22 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
November 29 | Prime Time |
December 6 | Prime Climb |
December 13 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Spring 2017 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
April 6 | Dividing Shapes |
April 13 |
Jumping Frogs |
April 20 | No Meeting - Skona Traveling |
April 27 |
No Meeting - Skona Traveling |
May 4 |
Shapes of Numbers |
May 11 |
Getting SET |
May 18 | Omino Tiling |
May 25 |
River Crossing |
June 1 |
Graph Coloring |
June 8 |
P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Winter 2017 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
January 19 | Elliptical Explorations & Nim |
January 26 |
Map Coloring |
February 2 | Donuts |
February 9 |
Spot-It |
February 16 |
Tower of Hanoi |
February 23 |
Mastermind |
March 2 | Sequences |
March 9 |
Patterns for Sequences |
March 16 |
Tetrominos & Pentominos |
March 23 |
P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Spring 2016 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
April 11 | Getting Re-SET |
April 18 |
Volume & Nets |
April 25 | Jumping Frogs |
May 2 |
Fermi Popcorn |
May 9 | Cutting Links |
May 16 |
Card Order Problem |
May 23 |
Miscellaneous Leftovers |
May 30 |
Memorial Day Vacation |
June 6 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Winter 2016 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
January 4 | Elliptical Explorations |
January 11 |
Repunits |
January 18 |
MLK Day Vacation |
January 25 (Tu B'Shevat) |
Trees |
February 1 |
Ramsey Theory |
February 8 (Chinese New Year) |
Monkey Math |
February 15 |
Presidents' Day Vacation |
February 22 |
Area |
February 29 |
Calendrical Math |
March 7 |
Area on a Lattice |
March 14 (Pi Day) |
Pi, Circles & Pizza |
Fall 2015 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
September 28 | Elliptical Explorations |
October 5 |
Bunches of Bananas |
October 12 (Columbus Day) |
Exploring Around the Earth |
October 19 |
Chocolate Logic |
October 26 |
Regular Polygons & Tesselations |
November 2 (Boole's Bicentennial Birthday) |
Boolean Logic |
November 9 |
Jumping Frogs |
November 16 |
7Ate9 & The Product Game |
November 23 |
Thanksgiving Vacation |
November 30 |
Prime Time |
December 7 |
Dreidel Math & The Function Box |
December 14 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Spring 2015 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
April 27 | Tower of Hanoi |
May 4 | Domino Tiling |
May 11 | Cutting Links |
May 18 | Getting SET |
May 25 | Memorial Day Vacation |
June 1 | TBD |
June 8 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |
Winter 2015 Schedule:
Date | Topic |
February 23 | Elliptical Explorations |
March 2 | Shapes of Numbers |
March 9 | Map Coloring |
March 16 | Double Trouble |
March 23 | P3 (Pizza Puzzle Party) |