Could you, and would you run a SNAP Math fair in your practicum high school? Why/ Why not? If you can imagine doing so, how would you adapt the Math Fair to your school, and classes, and why?

It would be a very good idea to run a SNAP math fair during my long practicum. I still remember the very first day I met my Faculty Advisor before the short practicum, she told me please make sure that you use a lot of activities and don’t go for traditional teaching. She was even happier when I told her that I was thinking of giving the opportunity to kids to organize a math fair. Since I started the course, I learnt a lot about math fair, different ways of approaching problem solving and how to make math interesting rather than just using pen, paper and formulas.

I would definitely ask the principal if that would work and then since I will be teaching 2 grade 9, I would like to try it with my first class and see how it works then of course learn and modify if needed for the second grade 9 math. Even when we made a math fair for the kids we were given enough time to work and plan it, so I was thinking that 10-15 days is good enough to work on it. I would encourage everybody to participate and this will develop teamwork.

I would also encourage the math and science department to make a Math/Science fair. We organised one in UBC (October) and it was very to see how kids, elders were devoted in solving the problem.