4th-8th Grade Info 9th-12th Grade Info Registration
As for the past few years, Science Resources will offer the Elementary and Middle School Math Olympiads contests. This series of five monthly competitions emphasizes problem-solving skills. For more information on this international contest, please see the web site http://www.moems.org
This year, due to a change in the CHEER schedule, we will meet on six Tuesday evenings. On the first Tuesday evening October 23, we will give an overview of the math definitions and review important problem solving techniques. On Tuesday evenings November 13, December 11, January 15, February 12, and March 11 to take the MOEMS exams. From 6:45-7:30 pm we will review homework and associated problem solving skills. From 7:30-8 pm we will enjoy tackling the thought-provoking test questions. Finally, from 8-8:45 pm we will share the multiple ways we approached the test problems.
As in the past two years, we are delighted that the Barr family is hosting a Math Olympiads group for homeschoolers at their Oxford, Chester County, home on Wednesday afternoons. Contact us for more information.
The Mathematical Association of America sponsors the largest and most famous of all high school math competitions, the American Mathematics Competition (AMC), which eventually leads to the International Mathematics Olympiads. For more information on this, see their web site http://www.unl.edu/amc/
Your 9th to 12th grader is encouraged to compete in this competition, which will be held on Tuesday morning February 12, 2008. To assist high school students to prepare for this exam, the high schoolers are invited to join a study group on Tuesday evenings October 23, November 13, December 11, and January 15 from 6:45-8:45 pm that will review old tests.
Registration for either the 4-8 grade MOEMS exams or the 9-12 grade AMC exam is $20 for the first child and $10 per additional child. This covers the cost of registering the teams and paying for the handouts. The labor is volunteer, and we welcome your help if you love math. Scholarships are available if you ask.
We are thankful to CHEER (Christian Home Educators Enrichment Resources, a homeschool ministry of Crossroads Community Church in Upper Darby), for hosting us in the past and for advertising this as part of their program.
We thank Science Resources, http://www.science-resources.org/, who also sponsor the Greater Philadelphia Homeschool Science Fair, to be held at Villanova University in February 2008.Please contact Robert Styer,
610 896 0908, 610 519 4845
email robert DOT styer AT villanova DOT edu