Problem of the Month 2023-24 Season is Over
The 2023-2024 Problem of the Month season has come to an end. We thank everyone for their participation and would like to congratulate our winners:
1. The First place and a $150 Amazon gift card are awarded to
– Noemi Kempe Regev (243 points)
2. The Second place and a $100 Amazon gift card are awarded to
– Alice Cheremukhina (203 points)
3. The Third place and a $75 Amazon gift card are awarded to
New Summer Program: SigmaCamp Next
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Last day!
Saying goodbyes to friends...
Hope to see you all next year!
Here are some photos from our last day, Saturday.
More photos and description will be posted shortly!
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Today was the last normal day of Sigma. In semilabs, campers finalized their projects including their Smart Houses and solving the mystery in forensics (IT WAS IRIS!) After a break at the high ropes course, the lake, and the game room, campers attended lectures about astrocytes, data visualization, and cryptocurrencies, and luckily they’ll be able to attend more tomorrow! After a pizza lunch and second semilabs, campers competed in the engineering challenge building mobiles!
After another somewhat rainy morning, campers began to finish up what they’ve been doing in their semilabs over the past few days. In the Unseen World of the Sea, students looked at fish under the microscope while in Surprises in Probability they learned about tree diagrams and played a counterintuitive probability game. After a break, campers headed to lectures about scientific writing, algorithms for streams, and quantum mechanics. After a filling lunch, campers went to their second semilabs and then headed to the Sigma tournament to compete in linguistics and applied science questions.
We are already halfway through the week! The day started off with a delicious breakfast and then it was time for semilabs! After semilabs, the campers went swimming, played soccer, and created art during the first break. In lectures, they learned about game theory, the history of timekeeping, and cryptography. It was grilled cheese day for lunch! After lunch, campers went to their second semilab. The tournament today was a math challenge! The campers competed in a Dutch auction to create a mathematical expression that was equal to 100.
The second full day of Sigma has now passed! Campers woke up to a rainy morning, but we didn’t let the rain spoil our fun! After breakfast, they headed to their semilabs, where they got to learn about fingerprints, strategies in game theory, and made sulfuric acid! Experiment of the day today was extra cool because it used liquid nitrogen ;). After a break of games and relaxing in the cabins, campers headed to lectures where they learned about neural engineering and entropy. Then, full after a barbeque-style lunch, campers headed to their second semilabs.
Today was the first full day of Sigma with semilabs, lectures, and workshops! Campers started the morning off with morning exercise and a delicious breakfast of pancakes and then headed to their first semilabs! While some learned about blood tests and the history of forensics, others began working with their arduinos. Then, campers had the opportunity to go swim, play board games, and visit the high ropes course. Afterwards, we got to hear fascinating lectures about entropy, relativity, sequences, foundations of computation, and ChatGPT.