SNAP Math Fair

I’d absolutely love to organize the SNAP Math Fair. However, I’m not sure if I can organize it during my extended practicum, as surviving the long practicum is a challenge on its own, I think.

Nevertheless, once I officially become an educator/teacher, I’ll definitely incorporate such activities/fairs into my teaching. I have a few ideas that are discussed below.

One of the ideas is to get two schools involved in the Fair. It can either mean that students from both schools present/display the problems the same day one after the other or collaboratively, or it can be broken down into two days, i.e. students from school A display their problems and are the hosts, whereas the students from school B are the guests and they come and solve the problem and vice versa. The both streams have pros and cons. For instance, having students from 2 schools at one place requires more space/organization, etc. On the other hand, having 2 schools work on it collaboratively can help strengthen connections between educators and students, hence the community.

Another challenge could be convincing other Math teachers or principal/administration to organize the Math Fair in the first place. For this to work out, we can’t afford to leave gaps and have to be on top of things in terms of organization and preparatory work required for the fair.