{"id":6215,"date":"2017-09-07T20:09:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2017-09-07T20:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:09:29","slug":"mathmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2017\/09\/07\/mathmania\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all Volunteers! Math Mania is in the air!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/09\/MM2017-e1504814040881.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6208 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/09\/MM2017-e1504814040881.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/09\/MM2017-e1504814040881.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/09\/MM2017-e1504814040881-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/09\/MM2017-e1504814040881-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/09\/MM2017-e1504814040881-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/09\/MM2017-e1504814040881-200x110.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ufv.ca\/math\/science-in-the-community\/math-mania\/\">Math Mania <\/a>is an evening of mathematical demonstrations, puzzles and hands-on activities for elementary school children. It&#8217;s designed to show children &#8211; and their parents &#8211; how much fun you can have playing with mathematical games and concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers run individual tables, each with their own activity or activities. You&#8217;ll get a chance to try out your games before the children appear &#8211; you don&#8217;t need to be an expert just enthusiastic!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re collecting volunteer hours for a practicum or for entrance into a teaching program, we can give you a letter describing your involvement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 from 5:30-8:30 pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>WHERE<\/strong>: Gordon Greenwood Elementary School, Langley (30 minutes away from UFV-Abbotsford)<\/p>\n<h3>[box]How to Sign Up as a Volunteer[\/box]<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/math\/science-in-the-community\/math-mania\/volunteer\/\">Sign up using our online webform<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Enter your name and preferred email address, and you&#8217;re done!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in joining the fun, sign up today! We&#8217;ll be in touch closer to the event to confirm your participation and give directions.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please email <a href=\"mailto:Math.Mania@ufv.ca\">Math.Mania@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ufv.ca\/math\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5394\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/03\/MathStats.logo_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/03\/MathStats.logo_.png 731w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/03\/MathStats.logo_-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/03\/MathStats.logo_-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/03\/MathStats.logo_-200x91.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math Mania is an evening of mathematical demonstrations, puzzles and hands-on activities for elementary school children. It&#8217;s designed to show children &#8211; and their parents &#8211; how much fun you can have playing with mathematical games and concepts. Volunteers run individual tables, each with their own activity or activities. You&#8217;ll get a chance to try &#8230; <a title=\"Calling all Volunteers! Math Mania is in the air!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2017\/09\/07\/mathmania\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":4144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,66,3,7,20,5,58,168,6],"tags":[265,64,120],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-centre-for-environmental-sustainability","category-chemistry","category-deans-office","category-engineering","category-mathstats","category-news","category-outreach","category-physics","tag-math-mania","tag-outreach","tag-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6215"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6223,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions\/6223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}