{"id":106,"date":"2016-07-17T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T00:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/?p=106"},"modified":"2016-07-17T17:53:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T00:53:11","slug":"recap-on-math-mania-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/index.php\/recap-on-math-mania-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap on Math Mania 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WSMA held\u00a0its\u00a0annual Math Mania event on June 11 at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue Square.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the our\u00a0team\u00a0organized different stations, each focusing on a different aspect of math including hands-on games, logic, and optimization problems. At each station, the kids were given stamps for solving the math problems and participating in games. We made sure to include problems with a varying range of difficulty so kids of all ages would be challenged by them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_138\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4385-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dalai explaining a problem.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4385-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4385-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4385-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dalai explaining a problem.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_137\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-137\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4382-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Alex playing Set with kids.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4382-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4382-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4382-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex playing Set with kids.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After they had completed the stations, the kids were able to exchange their stamps for great prizes provided by Microsoft. These prizes included pencils, pens, candy, shirts, and water bottles. They served as\u00a0a small reward for the amount of hard work the kids put into the problems!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_141\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4393.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4393-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Variety of fantastic prizes, ft. Noah, Alicia, and Romil.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4393-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4393-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4393-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Variety of fantastic prizes, ft. Noah, Alicia, and Romil.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unlike in previous years, we decided to keep our event inside the Microsoft store.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_142\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-image-142 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4400-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4400\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4400-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wastudentmath.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_4400-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microsoft store location.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Overall, we had a quality turnout. All of the kids had an awesome time and it was rewarding to see families and students collaborating on engaging math problems and playing educational games.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our calendar on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wastudentmath.org\/pages\/events\/calendar.aspx\">www.wastudentmath<\/a>\u00a0for upcoming WSMA events and subscribe to our blog to stay updated on local math events in the community. We hope to see you next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSMA held\u00a0its\u00a0annual Math Mania event on June 11 at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue Square. Members of the our\u00a0team\u00a0organized different stations, each focusing on a different aspect of math including hands-on games, logic, and optimization problems. At each station, the kids were given stamps for solving the math problems and participating in games. 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