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November 2009

“One of the holy grails of education is making math fun, without reducing its rigor. Many people attempt this task, but few succeed. I believe that Janet Beissinger and Vera Pless are among the rare success stories with their book The Cryptoclub: Using Mathematics to Make and Break Secret Codes. … it is a fabulous supplement to more traditional curriculums. Pattern recognition, probability, prime numbers, exponents, modular arithmetic, factoring, organizing data, and inverses are among the topics that the book explores in a meaningful and interesting way. Even more important, it gives young (or maybe not so young!) students an opportunity to practice rigorous critical thinking in a meaningful context. Code cracking is a great example of open-ended problems that require tenacity, organization, and creative thinking to solve.”

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Cornell College Math Club (External Link)

View a photo gallery as the math club assembles a Menger Sponge, one of the many activities found in Project Origami.

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