The 11th Annual Math Day will bring together about 1,200 students to the Seattle campus for a menu of presentations, puzzles, hands-on projects, and visits to UW facilities, all designed to show students that math is part of everything, even when it isn't obvious.
Students get to see math being used in many ways.
They learn how math is important in all sorts of disciplines. It gives students a glimpse of our campus and activities. Students will learn why sewer covers are round, see the actual numbers that represent color and orientation in a computer image, study the patterns in textiles from India, even design, build and test an artificial finger. I have a pre-calculus class, and I think the kids will be really interested in seeing how math is applied.