Wolfram Math Club

The Skiles Test Wolfram Math Club will have its last meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. We will not hold club meetings next semester.

1. How many Scrabble points would you get by using the word “invented”?
2. Subtract the number of clues in this hunt.
3. Add the sum of 5678+679.
4. Subtract the sum of 5678+678.
5. Add the number of current iPad generations available.
6. Add the solution for (3x3-2+4) - 3

This will give you the number for the day of the month I was born.

Tonight our club tried to solve my math scavenger hunt using Wolfram|Alpha to find the numbers needed to complete the computation. The computation was also done using another tab with a second Wolfram|Alpha opened in our browsers. Here was my hunt presented to the students:

1. What is the elevation of Venice, Italy?
2. Add the age of Mark Twain’s book Huckleberry Finn.
3. Subtract the average number of hours it would take you to read a book with 600 pages out loud.
4. Subtract the age of Johnny Appleseed when he died.
5. Subtract the decimal form of the quotient of 14 divided by 5.
6. This will give you Mr. Arnold’s age.
7. What year was Mr. Arnold born?

Three of the students solved the final question around the same time, but one finished slightly before the others. Congrats, Antwan! Then, all of the students were asked to create their own Wolfram|Alpha math scavenger hunts. Those will be posted on our blog soon.

My favorite thing I have learned to do so far, is probably learning how to make videos on Screencast-O-Matic.  I think it is very usefull, because you can make educational videos very easily, and  can help someone learn about a subject.  It is also fun to make videos!

What I like about this club is that we learn new ways to learn stuff. Before I joined the club I knew nothing about Wolfram Alpha. Now I know how to get to it and how to get information. I also learned how to make widgets. Which is really cool.