Los Angeles County Math Field Day and STEM Festival

LOS ANGELES - April 24, 2015 - PRLog -- Glendale, Ca. (April 24, 2015) — Saturday April 25^th Glendale High School will play host to the Los Angeles County Office of Education’s 2015 Math Field Day. LACOE’s Math Field Day is designed as an enrichment activity to promote mathematical reasoning, teamwork and a balanced mathematics curriculum for all students in upper elementary and middle school. The over 400 participating students will demonstrate their math knowledge through competition in the following elements: computational and procedural skill, conceptual understanding and problem-solving. It is open to 4-person teams from schools in Los Angeles County.

Students will compete in three rounds of completion; two (2) team round and one (1) individual round. The team rounds will cover Conceptual Understanding and Problem Solving. The individual round will focus on Computational and Procedural Skills.

After the competition ends the students will participate in a STEM Festival, hosted by the Areteem Institute, based in Irvine, California. The STEM festival will present a mixture of science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities to present the fun and practical real world applications for the students to participate and enjoy. The activities include experiments and demonstrations ranging from presentations on Space Technology, a Robotics presentation, an Edible Cooking Demonstrations by professional chefs, Neuroscience Demonstrations, and Solar Experiments.  Supporters of the STEM Festival include the Downey Space Center, Kids Talk Radio, Art institute of California, Hollywood, UCLA Brain Research Institute, UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Following the STEM festival, competition winners will be announced.

On-site registration for the Math Field Day begins at 7:30am with competitions beginning at 8:45am and running through 10:40am. The STEM festival will start immediately after the conclusion of competition and run until the Awards Ceremony begins at 11:55am with the entire day concluding at 1:00pm. Glendale High School is located at 1440 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205. The coordinator for the event is Los Angeles County Office of Education STEM Consultant Anthony P. Quan, Consultant, (562) 922-6896; FAX (562) 401-5405

ABOUT LACOE

The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is the nation's largest regional education agency. Under the leadership of Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Arturo Delgado and the County Board of Education, LACOE supports 80 public school districts and numerous other agencies in ensuring educational excellence for the region's two million preschool and school-age children.

LACOE's headquarters are located at 9300 Imperial Highway, Downey, California 90242-2890. Phone: (562) 922-6111.

ABOUT ARETEEM

Areteem Institute, founded in 2004, is a blended learning institution that is transforming education for a global community. Areteem students can utilize on-site classrooms, self-paced classes and our virtual interactive classrooms. With the online class environment, students and teachers are able to see one another and communicate through enabled voice chat and our interactive whiteboard, a unique and invaluable asset that promotes a natural learning environment. Areteem also offers academic boot camps for students motivated to expand their academic horizon and explore the real world applications through interdisciplinary research and hands-on activities. Areteem’s Summer Camps Programs are held on university campuses, such as UCLA, University of Chicago and Boston College.  The Camps offer students the chance to explore Educational and Career opportunities to best prepare them for college and the global workforce beyond. Areteem’s Teachers Institute, begun in 2010, has successfully trained teachers from the U.S. and around the world. For more information go to www.Areteem.org.


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