MATH CONTESTS FOR 2011-2012
PERENNIAL MATH:
5 tests each year (November – March) contains 5 questions that get progressively harder.
30 minutes per test.
Can be given online
$100 for a team of 30; $25 individual
Perennial Math is a competition for grades 4-8 with separate competition levels for grades 4-6 and grades 7-8. A team can register up to 30 students and students may register individually if their school is not participating. The competition consists of 5 monthly tests beginning in November and ending in March. Each test has five questions and takes 30 minutes to complete.
The program was designed to make math competitions easier to administer and grade while also appealing to students with cool awards. Teachers may choose to administer each test online (scores automatically entered), or by printing the test for students and entering scores online. Each school will be shipped certificates for all participants, a medal for the top student and additional awards if qualified. Additional awards include a plaque for teams that score in the top 10% of each grade level and dogtags for students who score in the top 10% of each grade level.
The competition was created in Huntsville, Alabama - the Rocket City. Huntsville is the proud home of NASA, Space Camp, Redstone Arsenal, and Cummings Research Park which has many Space, Defense, and Technological Companies. Perennial Math is under the direction of Dr. Sylvia Dean, a gifted specialist, who has coached and coordinated robotics, math and technology competitions for more than 20 years. Dr. Dean has been nominated and received many awards through the years which include the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science; IEEE Pre-University Educator; and Alabama’s Technology Teacher of the Year.
WORLD MATH DAY:
Students play at home and at school against other students around the world in live games of mental arithmetic. Each game lasts for 60 seconds and students can play up to 100 games, earning points for their personal tally. Students can play beyond 100 games during the event, but points will only count to the World Maths Day Mathometer, not their personal point score. The students who answer the most questions correctly will appear on the Hall of Fame. There are 5 levels of play, 20 games on each level.
Most ACS schools participate. http://www.worldmathday.com/
Usually in March. Check website for 2012 date.
ROCKET CITY MATH LEAGUE:
http://www.rocketcitymath.org
RCML is a free international student-run math competition for avid students of mathematics.
Contest Information
The Rocket City Math League is a year-long, four-round online math contest for middle and high school students. Tests are sent to registered schools via email before each round, and scores are entered on an online database. Trophies are mailed to the top ranked students and schools at the end of the year. There are five levels of three rounds of individual testing that range from Pre-Algebra to Calculus, and two levels of an Inter-School Test.
MATH KANGAROO: http://www.mathkangaroo.org/2010page/kangur/main.htm
The only site in North Carolina is UNC-Chapel Hill if you are interested.
WORLD OF ESCHER is a combination of math and artistic ability: http://www.worldofescher.com/contest/
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MATH CONTEST:
http://mathcontest.olemiss.edu/index.php
David Rock and Doug Brumbaugh (1939 - 2010), both veteran math educators, established the online Problem of the Week contest in 1996 at the University of Central Florida. Their goal was to increase problem-solving and math enthusiasm among students across the globe.
Eventually, as interest in the site grew, three more contests were added: Elementary Brain Teaser, Middle School Madness and the High School Challenge, which is no longer active. The University of Central Florida was home to the Elementary Brain Teaser and the High School Challenge until 2000. When David Rock joined the University of Mississippi faculty in 1998, he continued the project then by hosting the Problem of the Week and Middle School Madness contests at Ole Miss. In 1999, he added two additional contests at Ole Miss: Algebra in Action and Geometry Gambit. In 2000, Rock assumed responsibility for the Elementary Brain Teaser as well. Rock continued to post the Problem of the Week and the Elementary Brain Teaser after he joined the faculty of University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in 2004.
In 2004, Rock and Brumbaugh were asked to lend their expertise to develop a similar Math Challenge site for the White House as part of its www.whitehousekids.gov initiative. Problems were provided by Doug Brumbaugh and David Rock.
In 2006, the math contests climbed to new heights as the site migrated to Columbus State University where David Rock was dean of the College of Education and Health Professions from 2006 - 2010. Participants came from 236 countries while the contest thrived at Columbus State University. In September 2010, Ole Miss announced its commitment to support David Rock , who is now dean of the School of Education at The University of Mississippi, and his continued support of the weekly problems now offered at the Ole Miss Math Challenge.
AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION has both a poster and a project contest:
http://www.amstat.org/education/posterprojects/index.cfm