Contests

Local Contests

Pentagames: Contact Cheryl Klampe-Van Hess, (503) 749-1918 or ckvhess@nsantiam.k12.or.us
Pentagames is a math contest for seventh and eighth graders.The five-event contest consists of Math Tac Toe, 35-minus, CR2 (Compare, Revise, Revise), Solve That Problem and finally the Math Relay. Membership dues are expected in November and the competition is held on the last Friday in April at various sites around the state.

Student Mathematics Project Contest: The second annual Student Project Contest is open to all students of grades K-12 who attend public or private school institutions in Oregon. The project will be to design a cover for TOMT. More information on this will be included in TOMT starting in January. To download a copy of the application form, click here or contact Laura Lethe at: lethe_laura@comcast.net

Oregon State Math Contest: The Oregon Invitational Mathematics Tournament for high school students is held in May. Divisions include: Geometry, Algebra 2, Open 1 (through
pre-calculus) and Open 2 (through calculus). In the past, some sites have
offered an Algebra 1 division as well. In recent years the competition has
also included a team/group activity for part of the day. The top students
in each category receive an award. The oregon state math contest will be hosted by Willamette University in 2008. There is a webpage at:
http://www.willamette.edu/cla/math/OIMT/
The contact person for Willamette will be Mark Janeba.

Oregon High School Regional and State Math Contests

Local community colleges around the state host regional contests on various dates in March and April. These contests serve as the qualifiers for the state contest in May. A list of the contact people follows.

Washington State Contests

National Contests

MATHCOUNTS: This is a coaching and competition program for middle school students nationwide. The website is an exciting adventure, including problems of the week, Go Figure! math challenge, a set of 300 problems to solve, and other very useful materials. Particularly exciting was the ESPN broadcast of the 2003 National Competition.
http://mathcounts.org/

Michael Hardy, PE
Oregon State MATHCOUNTS Coordinator
Hillsboro, Oregon
(503) 439-8777 X 201
mhardy@eepdx.com

AMC: For over 50 years, the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) has been dedicated to the goal of strengthening the mathematical capabilities of our nation’s youth. There is a series of national contests called AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), and the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). Each year the AMC solicits enrollment by mailing an Invitation Brochure to all schools in the United States teaching grades six through twelve. The top performers on the AMC receive an invitation to the state contest.
http://www.unl.edu/amc/c-com,spon,dir/dir/amc1012dir.html

Mandelbrot Competition: The aim of the Mandelbrot Competition since its inception fourteen years ago has been to provide a challenging, engaging mathematical experience which is both competitive and educational. The contest has grown to two levels (and three leagues) encompassing students from across the United States and several foreign countries.
http://www.mandelbrot.org/

Girl Scouts, Girls Go Tech: Dedicated to providing information and experiences about how math, science and technology play an important part in our lives, this is an exciting website to explore. Careers that use math, science and technology are featured on the website. In addition, be sure to try the games. The Mandela creator and the music composer are both excellent!
http://www.girlsgotech.org/games.html
http://www.girlsgotech.org

American Statistical Poster and Project Competition: The Annual American Statistics Poster and Project Competition happens in April of each year. Prizes of $200 are given to the winners in each of four categories. (K-3,4-6,7-9,10-12). For more information contact: Poster and Project Competition, Center for Statistical Assessment, 1429 Dula St., Alexandria, VA 22314-3402.

 

Mail-in Math Leagues

Math League: The Math League specializes in math contests, books, and computer software designed to stimulate interest and confidence in mathematics for students from the 4th grade through high school.

Over 1 million students participate in Math League contests each year. Contest problems are designed to cover a range of mathematical knowledge for each grade level.
http://www.mathleague.com/

Atlantic Pacific Math League: This is a series of six tests administered locally by interested teachers. Each test is six questions with a 30 minute time limit for taking the test. The teacher in charge mails the results back to the company and they then publish results and standings throughout the year. These contests are available at middle school and high school levels. Atlantic Pacific Math Leagues: http://mysite.verizon.net/atpachome.

Continental Mathematics League, Inc.: This is a series of three to five tests (determined by grade level) administered locally by interested teachers. Each test has 6-8 questions with a prescribed time limit for taking the test. The teacher in charge mails the results back to the company and they then publish results and standings throughout the year. These contests are available from second grade through calculus and a computer division. Continental Mathematics League, P.O. Box 5477, Hauppauge, New York 11788-0121

Math League Press: This is a one-time contest for grades 4-8 and a series of six tests for high schools administered locally by interested teachers. Each test is to be completed in 30 minutes. The teacher in charge scores the tests and awards the prizes. Contests are for intra-school use, not inter-school competition. No results are published. Math League Press, P.O., Box 720, Tenafly, New Jersey 07670

National Mathematics League: Includes middle, junior high and high school competitions in 6 different divisions. Consists of 5 contests beginning in January. National Mathematics League, P.O. Box 9459, Coral Springs, Florida 33075

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American Statistical Association Contests:

 

2008 Poster and Project Competitions: New Webinar on Working with K-12 Students to Create a Statistics Poster
Introduce students to statistics through the annual poster and project competitions. For teachers and students submitting entries to the poster competition, the ASA has posted the webinar Working with K-12 Students to Create a Statistics Poster presented by John Gabrosek and Neal Rogness of Grand Valley State University. This instructional webinar gives tips on selecting a topic, collecting data, graphically displaying the data, communicating the message, and avoiding common pitfalls. The deadline for both competitions is April 1, 2008. For more information on the poster and project competitions and to view the recorded webinar, visit http://www.amstat.org/education/index.cfm?fuseaction=poster1

 

International Statistical Literacy Competiton
The International Statistical Literacy Project of the International Association for Statistics Education is currently receiving registrations for the International Statistical Literacy Competition for students 10-18 years old. Registration is still open, with the finals in August, 2008. Rules for the games, registration forms in different languages can be found at http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/islp/competition. Training materials will be posted there, too.

The competition will be done in the language of the country. Registration forms in other languages will be added soon, but if you don't see it and would like to register your students, please contact jsanchez@stat.ucla.edu

 

Northwest Science Expo

The Science Expo web site is http://www.nwse.org/, and has links to past years' winners and prizes, including the prizes in the math category. Every entry at the Oregon Intel science fair is judged for effective use of statistical methods. Separate prizes are offered in both middle school and high school divisions.

 

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