Hands-on projects have worked best in the past. Also looking for an individual or small committee to coordinate the program with the assistance of a few parents. May. The workshops aim to excite students about mathematics by exposing them to interesting and challenging problems and interesting math people. At the beginning of a workshop students are asked to introduce themselves and indicate career plans. A set of problems of varying difficulty is handed out.
Students are welcome to work in groups.
Workshops are a minimum of 2 hours in length and require 20 - 30 students. Students are not asked to introduce themselves and there is no discussion about careers. Students are encouraged to work in groups. For Lower Mainland schools there is usually one workshop presenter for every eight students. The same problems are used for all four grades so that the expectation is for attendance by more advanced students in the lower grades.