Adventures in Math is a summer enrichment program for students in 4th through 6th grade. Students will participate in hands-on experiments and interactive activities led by instructors and university student mentors from the University of Minnesota. Our goal is not to accelerate students through standard curriculum, but instead explore fun mathematics topics, and get students excited about math. Available to any student in 4th through 6th grade with a love of math!
Scholarships are readily available in cases of financial need. Please contact our office if the cost of the programs would prevent your child from participating.
Learn the mathematics behind origami as you fold to construct four different 3-dimensional objects! Discover the patterns and symmetries behind these figures. Explore the connection between regular polygons and Euclid’s platonic solids. Demonstrate the concept of duality found in your own construction of the platonic solids.
The Platonic solids are the most regular polyhedra and have been studied for thousands of years. Learn about the regular polygons that build up polyhedra, then experiment with polydrons and balloons to create your own models of these fascinating figures.
Play with shapes and create new shapes to see how they fit together, explore symmetry patterns in two dimensional figures, and create your own tessellations!
In the 18th Century, Leonhard Euler sought to walk across all the bridges in his city of Königsberg such that he crossed each bridge exactly once, and ended up on the same land mass as where he started. Learn how to solve this problem using Euler's field of graph theory. Can we apply this theory to the University of Minnesota campus?
Explore aspects of the theories of motion, force and speed while constructing gear ratio models and examining the patterns they create. Learn about the relationships between fractions and factoring through a variety of hands-on activities, using visualization and modeling to discover the principles that make the world go ‘round.
What does it mean to live on a sphere? When we fly or sail to another continent, we’re following a line on a sphere. Living on a spherical planet forces us to use spherical geometry. Learn about the geometry of the sphere, and compare it to the regular geometry of a plane.
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