FSU Math Fun Day
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1:00-5:00pm
Love Building on the FSU Main Campus
1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4510
The Department of Mathematics annually hosts FSU Math Fun,
a joint Open House for the general public, including K-12 students and teachers. Come join us for some math fun! There will be lots of hands-on activities, presentations, exhibits, demonstration, and workshops. Activities are available for all ages in grades K-12, but students in kindergarten and grade 1 will need extra parental help.
Anyone and everyone is invited to attend and all the activities are free.
Printable Math Fun Day Brochure with a Schedule of Events:
Click here for Maps and Parking Information.
Do you want your children and families to experience mathematics in a fun
and engaging way? Come to FSU Math Fun Day. Each year, faculty, staff,
and student volunteers from the Department of Mathematics engage with the
community, including K-12 students and teachers to demonstrate that MATH is FUN! If you have not attended before,
we welcome you, and if you are returning, welcome back! The event is free and
open to the general public. This is our 8th annual Math Fun Day!
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Hear more about Math Fun Day from a FSU Headlines Radio broadcast, or read about us in the FSU News.
Come join us! Please check back often for event updates.
Activity rooms are an open house style event, where people can come and go.
Please note that there is considerable construction occurring on the FSU Campus. There is construction along Antarctic Way and Chieftan Way and these roads are not always accessible to through traffic.
Information about FSU Math Fun Day
Dr. Monica K. Hurdal, Event Director and Professor in the Department of Mathematics
Email: MathFunDay@math.fsu.edu or mhurdal@math.fsu.edu
Phone: (850) 644-2202 (Department of Mathematics Main Office) or (850)-644-7183 (direct)
Ghosts from FSU's past have cursed you and trapped you and some friends in a room on campus. You will have use all of your mathematical knowledge to unlock clues to the ghosts' past, break the curse, and escape. Multiple escape sessions will be held, and participants will be given a set time limit to solve the mystery. Each session is limited, so be sure to sign-up outside Room 101!
Audience: Recommended for Grades 5 and above.
Fractals are infinitely repeating patterns that are similar at every scale and
occur in science and nature. Learn what fractals are, and come create your own in 2D and 3D using geometry or a computer!
Recommended for Grades 2 and up.
Organized by the FSU Student Undergraduate Mathematics Society (SUMS)
Discover where math appears in nature, music, art, DNA, biology, plants, and animals. Learn about the Fibonacci sequence and investigate the golden mean spiral.
Recommended for all ages.
Create your own secret codes and ciphers and find out how to decipher messages! Be challenged by other mathematical puzzles and riddles! Which puzzles can you solve? Join us for a special workshop on Secret Codes 4-5pm! Workshop space is limited.
Recommended for Grades 5 and above.
Featured Faculty from Mathematics:
Join us for a special workshop on secret codes. Encode and decode your own messages! Workshop space is limited.
Time: 4:00-5:00pm; Recommended: Grades 5+
Faculty and graduate students will be on hand to aid students in working through a set of programming challenges related to mathematical ideas about polygons in the Scratch programming environment. No prior programming experience needed!
Recommended for Grades 4 and above. Younger children are welcome to see how far they can get as well!
Join faculty in a variety of hands-on mathematical activities. Activities with numbers, shapes, and software defined radio are some of the things you can try! Or just come and chat about math!
Recommended for all ages.
Featured Faculty from Mathematics and Meteorology:
What is a Steinhaus longimeter? Learn how to measure the lengths of curves using this interesting device that was invented by a mathematician.
Improve your mathematical skills with a variety of games using dice and numbers.
Polyominoes are used in the games of Blokus and Tetris. Try out some new math games and puzzles!
Software-Defined Radio (SDR) is the future of radio communication! Become part of this fast-developing technology where most of a traditional radio is replaced by a computer and software.
Time: 2:30-4:00pm
Try your hand at 3D tic-tac-toe and other games. Learn some of the mathematical strategies
for playing various games and use mathematics to improve your playing style!
Recommended for all ages.
This Activity Room is organized by the FSU Student Chapter of the Association of Women in Mathematics
Do you know of any famous female mathematicians? There are lots! Come learn
about some of the contributions women have made to mathematics and mathematical
research. There are hands-on activities to demonstrate some of the fields of
mathematics where women have made discoveries.
Recommended for Grades K-12.
Recommended for all ages with mathematical challenges at all levels.
Build polyhedra and other shapes with mathematical construction tools, such as Zome.
Discover the natural symmetries that govern 3-dimensional space.
Recommended for all ages.
Printable Math Fun Day Poster:
Maps and Parking
- Parking Information
- Google Map with Parking around Love Building
- FSU Campus Map Highlighting the Love Building
- Google Map with Love Building
Financial Support
FSU Math Fun Day is made possible through the generous financial support of
- The College of Arts and Sciences at Florida State University,
- The College of Education at Florida State University,
- The Department of Mathematics at Florida State University,
- The Brennan Professorship of Mathematics,
- Friends of FSU Math.
Support FSU Math Fun Day
If you would like to support FSU Math Fun Day, and other outreach activities
provided by the Department of Mathematics at FSU, please become a
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FSU Math.
Your donations to FSU Mathematics help support alumni networking, community outreach, research activities, and guest speakers.
Contact Us
If you would like to support FSU Math Fun Day, and other outreach activities
Event Director: Professor Monica K. Hurdal, Department of Mathematics
Email: MathFunDay@math.fsu.edu
Phone: (850) 644-2202 (Department of Mathematics Main Office) or (850) 644-7183 (Direct)
Information on this site will be updated periodically.
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