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Providence Christian School
Think Biblically, Emulate Christ & Excel to the Glory of God
Registration is still open until June 30, 2022.
Registration will reopen August 1, 2022. The office will be closed during the month of July.
Mr. Spence's Math Camp!!!
Purpose: To help students transition back to math classes in the fall by exposing them to a variety of areas of mathematics, reviewing the basic tools of math, and extending mathematical concepts through modeling, building, and exploring mathematical concepts.
Prerequisites: Students must be entering grades 5th-11th. Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Know multiplication tables up to 12. Non-Providence students are welcome!
Cost: $25 per day/session (SEE DATES/TIMES BELOW). Please bring cash/check payment at the time of the session. You may pay for the full 8-day camp upfront, or pay each day. Make checks payable to Mike Spence.
Bring: Pencils, water bottle, snacks, an open mind and a respectful attitude.
Sign Up: Email Mr. Spence by July 15th to sign up for week 1: mspence@orlandpcs.org
The Camp Schedule: 9 AM - Noon
Week One
Tuesday July 19: Math Machines- functions, graphs and tables. Desmos activities. Sequences. What comes next? Games: Nim
Thursday July 21: Codes- base 10, base 2, exploding dots. Major system. Shut the box- binary mode.
* For those 5th and 6th graders who will be attending VBS at Orland Evangelical Free Church, please note that you can join right back up with us for week 2 of Mr. Spence’s Math Camp. We think you should go to VBS this week!
Week Two
Tuesday July 26: Probability and Simulations- counting faster, M&Ms math, dice games (Yahtzee, Risk!), Let’s Make a Deal! Automatons and the Game of Life.
Thursday July 28: Money and Math- grocery store math, counting calories, chicken nuggets, making change.
Week Three
August 2: Mental math tricks- Lightning Sums, 11s, 5s, doing math left to right, “short” division, guestimation (Smoots), grid multiplication, line multiplication, partial sums.
August 4: Space day- To infinity and beyond! Flipping the mattress. Games: Dots and boxes, Dominate!. Tessellations with wax paper and crayons.
Week Four
August 9: I Love Hexagons! Hexagonal mazes, puzzles and games. Craft: hexaflexagons.
August 11: The Platonic Solids- Euler characteristic of dice; game- Brussels Sprouts. Craft: building your own solids, geometric nets including Johnson solids.