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Today was our last regular day of Sigma before our exciting, fun-filled ‘last day’ schedule. As usual, we started our day with morning exercise and a satisfying breakfast. During our lectures we learned about jewel wasps, compared AI and human brains, Fibonacci numbers and fractals, magnetic levitation, and played with Levitron. After lectures, we proceeded to the last day of our morning and afternoon semilabs.

Sigma 2019 is nearly at the half-way point! The days are flying by :) After the usual musical wake-up and warming up the muscles and the mind with morning exercise, we enjoyed the most important meal of the day - delicious scrambled eggs and hash browns! Then we were engrossed in many fascinating conversations; we learned how to collect anything from sneezes to cars and amazing art, and why we have mutations and shouldn’t be afraid of them, among many other interesting topics.

The first day of Sigma 2019 is almost over. Our day started with the usual morning exercise and a satisfying breakfast. After breakfast we were immersed into some geometric proofs from The Book, learned how to control the proteins in living organisms, discovered the brave world of Bitcoin, witnessed the generation of stories by a computer, and were fascinated by the physics of dating (not the social type, but measuring the age of the planets and the Universe). Our captivating semilabs started today as well.

Today, counselors and staff were busy preparing SigmaCamp from the ground up. The Silver Lake grounds were full of activity, from toolshed-building to Faceboard-laminating to Opening Ceremony rehearsal. We took a well-deserved break for lunch, then continued getting ready and setting up all materials for registration. Looking forward to seeing our campers tomorrow!
See the link below for photos of the day:

https://photos.sigmacamp.org/2019/Sigma-Camp-2019-pre-capm-August-8-10/