The Orlando Math Circle family is made up of committed parents, engaged students, and fantastic volunteers. One of our college volunteers exemplifies our mission of making math accessible to everyone, especially girls. This young women…
Every year around the country there are numerous competitive math tournaments for students of all ages, ranging from local matches to national tests. These competitions are fast-paced and challenging, but they also offer kids a…
Sometimes you wonder: does what I’m studying really matter in life? What is the point of all the class hours, the countless homework sets, and all the days spent sitting in class wearing out my…
There’s a magic in the way our universe is put together, and it’s a magic that is found in the most unlikely of places. Did that thick physics book or the unwieldy math equations you…
Hey parents, let’s get our girls excited about math! Enroll your daughter in Orlando Math Circle’s Three Day Workshop, where she will engage in fun, enriching activities to challenge her mathematical mind to solve problems creatively. Of course,…
How to Awaken a Generation of Lost Mathematicians is must share article, written by Global Math Project (GMP) ambassador, Junaid Mubeen. He explores the power of James Tanton’s Exploding Dots, a “simple yet extraordinarily flexible construct” that has the…
What picture pops into your head when you think about someone making a difference in math education? Maybe it isn’t who you would expect. When Hurricane Irma swept through Orlando, conferences were cancelled and speaking…
CMU Professor Po-Shen Loh is using the power of algorithms to make math more accessible and understandable to people around the globe. For mathematics Professor Po-Shen Loh, math is the art of creative thinking. And…
Meet Po-Shen Loh, the professor at Carnegie Mellon University and head coach for Team USA, who paved the way for the U.S. to win the International Mathematical Olympiad for the second consecutive year. Now he’s…
What if we told you that mathematics was more than just an academic subject? Sure, a knowledge of mathematics is a practical skill that can play the foundation in many engineering applications, and it is…