Recent and Upcoming Conferences

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The Joint Mathematics Meeting is the largest mathematics meeting in the world.

Learn about math circles, math competitions and recreational mathematics from nationally known math leaders and facilitators. Attend presentations and participate in Math Circle activities to learn about the available resources and understand what math circles are all about.

FUNDAPROMAT, the Panamanian organization for the promotion of mathematics, co-organizes webinars on a variety of mathematical topics with the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The webinars are free and open to English speakers all over the world.

Common Core State Standards and Geometiles activities

Title	Grade Level	Topics	CCSS
Tangrams	Grades 1+	Constructing 2-dimensional shapes	1.G.A.2
Shape Challenge, grade 2 and up	Grades 2+	Constructing polygons	2.G.A.1
Shape Challenge, grade 4 and up	Grades 4+	Constructing polygons; the 4th grade version reflects students’ familiarity with angles and classifying triangles.	3.G.A.1, 4.G.A.1, 4.G.A.2
Fractions	Grades 1 through 5	This sequence takes students from very basic understanding of fractions all the way through multiplying and dividing by fractions.	1.G.A.3, 2.G.A.2, 2.G.A.3, 3.NF.A.1, 3.NF.A.3, 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2, 4.NF.B.3, 4.NF.B.4, 5.NF
3D Solid Understanding	Grades 2+	Constructing and analyzing a rectangular and other prisms	1.G.A.2
Angle Mania	Grades 4+	Measuring angles, classifying triangles by angle types.	4.MD.C.5, 4.MD.C.7, 4.G.A.1, 4.G.A.2
Ratios plain and golden	Grades 6 through 8	Ratios and proportional relationships; Golden Ratio.	6.RP.A.1, 7.RP.A.2
Volume and Cavalieri's Principle	Grades 6 through 8	Volume and surface area.	HSG.GMD.A1, HSG.GMD.A2, HSG.GMD.A3
Triangles: similar, special, and right	Grades 8+	Similar polygons, special triangles, Pythagorean Theorem, irrational numbers.	8.NS, 8.G.A.4, 8.G.B.6, 8.G.B.7
Platonic and Archimedean Solids	Grades 1+	Platonic and Archimedean solids	Enrichment topic