FSU Math Fun Day

Math Fun Day 2022 Update:
The Department Mathematics has decided postpone Math Fun Day for another year due to the evolving Covid situation. We are going through a period involving lots of uncertainty and since the event involves kids with lots of hands-on activities that are difficulty to sanitize, we thought it would be safest to postpone it a year.

We thank the community for their understanding and look forward to seeing you next year!

A special thank you goes out to the volunteers who helped close out Math Fun Day with some extra fun!

Thank you to all our visitors who came to Math Fun Day!

I would like to thank all the people who volunteered their time to make these events a success. Over 100 graduate and undergraduate students, post-docs, faculty, and staff volunteered their time and effort with Math Fun Day. Volunteers are the key to success for Math Fun Day, and I am grateful for all the time everyone put in. I am very proud of the success and reputation Math Fun Day has earned because of these efforts. Please follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with future Math Fun Day events.

We hope to see you at our next event!

-- Dr. Monica Hurdal, Professor of Mathematics & Director of Math Fun Day

Photos from FSU Math Fun Day's post

Save the Date!
FSU Math Fun Day 2020:
Saturday, February 1
1-5pm

Happy Pi Day!
New world record: pi calculated to 31 trillion digits - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47524760

Congratulations to the Director of Math Fun Day, Dr. Monica Hurdal!

Meet Dr. Monica Hurdal , 2019 , mathematician, pioneer, troop leader with Girl Scout Council of the Florida Panhandle, believer in perseverance and the power of encouragement. As the only woman who holds full professorship in Florida State University's Dept of Mathematics, Monica is using math to blaze trails in neuroscience that enhance the potential for disease diagnosis and prevention. Her research in brain mapping is putting Tallahassee on the global map in the new field of bio-mathematics. We are excited to celebrate her and the potential for women and girls in STEM at the Women's History Month Luncheon on Friday, March 8th. Get your tickets and meet this amazing woman!

Thank you to all our visitors who came to Math Fun Day and the Circus of Physics. The event this year was an amazing success - the best yet! We had about 1400-1500 people visit us during the day.

I would like to thank all the people who volunteered their time to make these events a success. Over 140 graduate and undergraduate students, post-docs, faculty, and staff volunteered their time and effort with Math Fun Day and another 100 volunteered their time with the Circus of Physics. Volunteers are the key to success for Math Fun Day, and I am grateful for all the time everyone put in. I am very proud of the success and reputation Math Fun Day has earned because of these efforts. Please follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with future Math Fun Day events.

In case you missed it, Math Fun Day was also featured in the Tallahassee Democrat:
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/02/02/fsu-math-physics-open-house-gives-kids-hands-look-subjects/2754982002/

We hope to see you at our next event!

-- Dr. Monica Hurdal, Professor of Mathematics & Director of Math Fun Day

Save the Date! FSU Math Fun Day is going to be on Saturday, February 2, from 10am-5pm. This FREE open house event is held by the FSU Department of Mathemematics amd will also be held jointly with the FSU Circus of Physics. There will be lots of fun activities for kids of all ages and their families! Like FSU Math Fun Day to find out about updates!

The FSU Department of Mathematics was at the Tallahassee Science Festival Last weekend (November 3)! Kids and families enjoyed Mathematical games and activities such Tower of Hanoi, Set, hexaflexagons, and fractals!

Posted October 8
With great sadness, I am announcing that FSU Math Fun Day and the FSU Circus of Physics will be cancelled on October 13. This decision is based on FSU closures and safety concerns because of Hurricane Michael. Please stay safe in the upcoming days!

We will reschedule! I am working to reschedule a date for Math Fun Day and will post a new date once a decision has been made. Thank you for your continued support of events like these and I hope to see you at our rescheduled event.

Dr. Monica Hurdal
Director of Math Fun Day

The Department of Mathematics and The Department of Physics are combining forces to hold a joint Open House for the general public, including students and teachers. Come join us on Saturday, October 13 from 10am-5pm for some math and physics fun! There will be double the fun with presentations, exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops. Activities are available for all ages in grades K-12, but students in kindergarten and grade 1 will need extra parental help. Activities will run until 4pm, followed by a public lecture from 4-5pm.

Math Fun Day will take place at the Love Building on the FSU Campus. The Circus of Physics will take place at the Richards Building and the Pat Thomas Planetarium. There will be also be activities located outdoors between the buildings to keep everyone engaged!

Fractals from FSU Math Fun Day 2017

Fractal images that were created at Math Fun Day are posted in Photos and https://www.math.fsu.edu/~mhurdal/FSUMathFunDay/fractals2017/
Can you find your image?

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Some of the fractal images that were created at FSU Math Fun Day 2017! Information about these images can be found at www.math.fsu.edu/~mhurdal/FSUMathFunDay/fractals2017

Popcorn, Sea-to-See, Math Escape were popular!

Patterns & Symmetry

FSU Panama City Math Fun Day 2017

What a great day of math fun! Next week we will be at FSU Panama City. Pre-registration for FSU Panama City Math Fun Day is now open:
www.math.fsu.edu/MathFunDay-PC

math.fsu.edu Do you want your children and families to experience mathematics in a fun and engaging way? Come to FSU Panama City Math Fun Day! For the first time faculty and student volunteers from the FSU Department of Mathematics are going to FSU Panama City to engage with the community in that region to demon...

Was the Fractals Room your favorite? Those who made computer generated fractals will be able to see them in the next few days.

Which room is your favorite?
Games Room

Having fun!

FSU Math Fun Day 2017

Math Fun Day is only 1 day away. Which activity/workshop are you most excited about? Share your favorites and check out our webpage for a full list of activities.

https://www.math.fsu.edu/MathFunDay/

math.fsu.edu Do you want your children and families to experience mathematics in a fun and engaging way? Come to FSU Math Fun Day. Each year, over 60 faculty, staff, and student volunteers from the Department of Mathematics engage with the community to demonstrate that MATH is FUN! If you have not attended befor...

Be sure to listen to the NPR/WFSU 88.9FM (in Tallahassee) or NPR/WFSW 89.1FM (in Panama City) broadcast of FSU Headlines on Friday (October 13). Dr. Monica Hurdal, the Director of FSU Math Fun Day was interviewed about the event and the radio interview will be broadcast at 7:45am, 9:35am and 3:00pm on Friday. The broadcast will be discussing both the FSU and FSU Panama City Math Fun Day events!

All guests are encourage to pre-register for FSU Math Fun Day and bring signed waiver forms with them to speed up the registration process and they will be able to through a "fast" registration lane. Registration and waiver forms will also be available on site. Go to https://www.math.fsu.edu/MathFunDay/

Pre-registration for FSU Math Fun Day in Panama City on October 21 will be posted on Sunday!

FSU Math Fun Day

FSU Math Fun Day 2017

The pre-registration site for FSU Math Fun Day is now open: https://www.math.fsu.edu/MathFunDay/

FSU Math Fun Day is a free public event. As this event involves children, FSU policy is that participation and photo release forms need to be signed by all participants and minors must have their waivers signed by a parent/guardian.

We are asking people to pre-register for the event and bring signed waiver forms with them to speed up the registration process and they will be able to through a "fast" registration lane. Registration and waiver forms will also be available on site.

math.fsu.edu Do you want your children and families to experience mathematics in a fun and engaging way? Come to FSU Math Fun Day. Each year, over 60 faculty, staff, and student volunteers from the Department of Mathematics engage with the community to demonstrate that MATH is FUN! If you have not attended befor...

FSU Math Fun Day Date Change! Now October 14!

Due to changes in the ACC Football Schedule, the date for FSU Math Fun Day has been changed to be Saturday, October 14, from 1-5pm. Activities run 1-4pm, and there will be a public lecture from 4-5pm. We hope you can join us!

The date for FSU Math Fun Day has been announced! Come join us on Saturday, October 14 from 1-5pm for some math fun! Each year, over 60 faculty, staff, and student volunteers from the Department of Mathematics engage with the community to demonstrate that MATH is FUN!

The event will take place on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Love Building on the FSU Campus. There will be presentations, exhibits, and activities for the general public, including students and teachers. Activities are available for all ages in grades K-12, but students in kindergarten and grade 1 will need extra parental help. Activities run from 1-4pm and there will be a public lecture from 4-5pm. The purpose of Math Fun Day is to celebrate the importance, ubiquity, beauty and fun of mathematics. Come join us!

A week and a half ago we were at the Tallahassee School of Math and Science for their Math Stars Competitions. We met a lot of intelligent kids and had a lot of fun!

Last Thursday night we once again joined Gilchrist for their STEM week!

We had a great time last night with Gilchrist students as part of their STEM Week!

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Check out the Math Department newsletter at
http://www.math.fsu.edu/Newsletter/

Find out about the latest news, research, and outreach from the Department of Mathematics at FSU.

And guess what - Mat Fun Day was a smashing success with over 800 people participating! Stay tuned for the date in October 2017.

www.math.fsu.edu The latest news is updated periodically throughout the year. If you would like to contribute your stories, please email [email protected]. We would especially like to hear from former students!

FSU Math Fun Day 2016 - Florida State University News

In case you missed it: listen to Dr. Monica Hurdal talking about Math Fun Day on WFSU radio. http://news.fsu.edu/multimedia/radio/2016/10/04/fsu-math-fun-day-2016/

news.fsu.edu It’s time to take math out of the classroom and make it not only relatable, but also fun! It’s FSU’s Math Fun Day for 2016.

So many exciting things are going to happen during Math Fun Day. Check out our web page for the latest updates: http://www.math.fsu.edu/MathFunDay