North Penn High School beat out more than 1,000 submissions to make it to the finals of Moody’s Mega Math Challenge, an annual national science challenge organized by a Philadelphia-based organization. The Lansdale school is one of six schools that will compete next week in the New York City finals. Students were asked to tackle […]

Originally published April 26, 2013 via Technincal.ly Philly. To read the full article, click here.

Originally published on April 25, 2013 on the Wicked Local website. To read full article, click here.

Math contests can be a lot of fun. SIAM, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, puts on a contest every year for teams of high school juniors and seniors to propose a solution to a pressing real world problem. The contest promotes lots of hard work, collaboration, and smart thinking. And, the winners get a bunch of scholarship money along with a hefty dose of glory. My two podcast guests have key roles in running the contest. It’s a great thing that Michelle Montgomery and Katie Fowler are doing to prepare future generations to take on the world’s challenges.

Originally published on April 24, 2013 on the Wild About Math website. To read the full article, click here.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – This weekend, a competition is underway among high schools across the country, including some from Philadelphia on how to use math to solve everyday challenges. This year’s challenge: using math to address recycling issues.

Originally published on April 5, 2013 by CBS Philly . To see full article, click here.

55 teams will receive a share of $115,000 in scholarship prizes 

Consider it a 30-million-ton problem. Of the nearly 300 million tons of plastic produced around the world each year, over 30 million winds up as plastic waste.  Quantifying this waste, coming up with the best methods for U.S. cities to recycle it, and recommending guidelines for nationwide recycling standards was the task faced by the nearly 6,000 U.S. high school students who competed in Moody’s Mega Math Challenge in early March.

Originally published April 1, 2013 via via The Washington Sun. To read the full article, click here.