Math Day

Save the Date: The 4th Annual Math Day field trip for Columbia Gorge students in grades 6–12
May 16, 2025 from 9am – 1pm at CGCC.

Math Day is a field trip event for local middle - and high schoolers (grades 6–12) that will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025 on The Dalles Campus of Columbia Gorge Community College

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Upcoming Sessions:
» The Mathematical Vibrations of Music (Guest lecturer Dr. Matt Ciancetta from Western Oregon University)
» How Tall Can You Go (with marshmallows and spaghetti)? (middle school-level)
» Origami Math with Julie Cucuel from Columbia Gorge Stem Hub
» Taxi Cab Math
» Egg Timer Enclosures (high school-level)
» Questions & Answers About Quads (middle school-level)
» How Not to Kill Your Patients (crowd favorite!)
» TBA
» TBA

The day's agenda:

9-9:30 students arrive and check in
9:30 - welcome and overview
(There will be three sessions. The sessions are about 50 minutes long.)
9:45-10:30 first session starts - students self-select but we are trying to have no more than 20 students in any session.
There will be three sessions. The sessions are about 50 minutes long.
10:35-11:25 Session 2
11:30-12:10 Session 3
12:15 with some outdoor activities
12:45 raffle prizes

1:00 students are on their way home

Last Year's Sessions Included:
» The Math behind Sudoku & KenKen
» Trigonometry & Your Band Saw
» How to Build a Triangle IRL
» Plotting Points & Cutting Edges:Where Math Meets Metal
» Gerrymandering: The Geometry of Politics
» Tessellations: How to Make Art from Math

The 2024 flow of the day was:

9:00am: sign-in opens and students choose their schedule for the morning
9:30am - noon: Math!
12:30pm - 1pm: Lunch will be provided along with games (giant Connect 4 and Mega Jenga, Alka-Seltzer rockets, and more!) and campus groups will offer info about different CGCC programs
12:59pm: Three cheers for Math! and everyone packs up and heads home

For questions, email Pam (Morse) Koop, CGCC Math Department Chair, at pkoop@cgcc.edu