An Epsilon Day

An Epsilon day comprises a student camp and a PG/EG parent workshop running in parallel. 

The student camp

The camp consists of hands-on mathematics activity sessions as well as interactive mathematics classes in two levels - Epsilon for new students and Epsilon Plus for returnees.

At the end of camp, students in Epsilon would have learned to avoid the common errors in mathematical writing, become familiar with Euclid's Elements, ruler and compass constructions, modular arithmetic, and the vocabulary and principles of proof. They would do addition/subtraction and multiplication using abacus and  begun producing math documents with diagrams. Epsilon Plus assumes a confident familiarity with the course content of Epsilon and has more advanced courses, again mostly not ones offered in the school curriculum; the courses include advanced geometry and foundational aspects in the context of functions; Epsilon Plus has also sessions in the heuristics of problem solving as well as practice with incorporating math diagrams in Latex documents.  

Many students would meet other Exceptionally or Profoundly Gifted peers for the first time in their lives.

Program Director: Dr. George R. Thomas, founder of the Mathpath and the Canada/USA Mathcamp summer programs

Faculty in Epsilon 2012:

Harold Reiter, UNC, Charlotte
Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Univ of Arkansas
John Bowman, Univ of Alberta
George R. Thomas, Executive Dir. of Epsilon Camp and MathPath
TBA

The Parent Workshop

The workshop helps parents with PG parenting and intructional and  health issues. The parent in the workshop is not an observer, but an active participant in these workshops  led by experts on PG/EG parenting issues.

Program Director: TBA

Speakers in Epsilon Workshop 2012:
Carolyn Kottemeyer
Kathi Kearney
Karl Bunday