Mathalon

Each booth is dedicated to one team of three (3) students only from each school belonging to Grades 9 and/or 10, and a coach. The teams are expected to prepare and present a mathematical concept in an innovative, imaginative, and audience-friendly manner.

Although mathematics is a subject by itself, we want to go beyond textbooks and classrooms. We want to celebrate Mathematics as an integral part of our daily lives – after all, humans have been ‘counting as a basic necessity of everyday life for thousands of years’ (COMAP, 2017). At the MaCoB, we invite teams to select any area of life and demonstrate how mathematics is inter-twined with the selected area. For instance, we all enjoy music. How often do we stop to think about the mathematics behind it? From the notes to rhythm, from scales to intervals, the harmonies, tone, pitch – are all closely connected to, yes you guessed right – mathematics!

How does the team benefit?

Mathalon has been and continues to be a constructive, challenging event for high school students, adding to their college application, making for impressive credentials. MaCoB goes beyond high school grades 11/12/13 and extends Mathalon to include grades 9/10 to provide them with opportunity to also showcase their knowledge, test their mettle and develop 21st century learning skills such as time management, team work and interpersonal skills. Each student and mentor will receive a Certificate of Appreciation and the winning team voted will walk away with a grand prize.

Why MaCoB?

At UOWD we believe in student-centric learning just as much as we believe in community outreach, benefiting the greater community. These are the key objectives that have driven Mathalon all these years. Furthering our objectives, we are expanding the reach of the competition to include Grades 9 and 10, students who are at the cusp of getting to the point where they will begin thinking about further education, subjects that are of interest, and courses that will influence their careers. As strong advocates of STEM and STEM to STEAM education and careers at UOWD, we further aim to open doors of possibilities for young minds to the importance, vitality and expansiveness of mathematics through their engagement in turning theories into practice.

Participants

• All participants in the Junior category must be from Grades 9/10 only
• All participants will receive a welcome pack when they register their attendance on the day of the event
• All participants will receive e-Certificates of Participation that will be emailed to their respective school faculty representatives after the event, within 3-4 weeks.

Rules and Regulations - Juniors

1. The competition is in teams
2. Each school is allowed to register a maximum of one (1) team
   * Registration has first come, first serve policy.
3. Each team MUST consist of three (3) students only.
4. All students registered MUST belong to Grade 9/10.
5. Once registered, student/coach names can NOT be changed.
6. Each school should register the teams under the school banner
7. Each school should register a Faculty representative (hereby to be referred as Coach) to supervise the team
8. Participants who have not registered their attendance before and on the day will not be allowed to participate
9. We will provide two desks, and four chairs for each team – stall aesthetics is up to the teams. 
10. Schools are solely responsible for ensuring the spellings of the participating student/coach names are CORRECT on the forms and readable. We regret we will NOT be able to reissue ANY certificates/e-Certificates once they have been issued.
11. Teams must ensure the project they prepare and present is their research and contribution. 
12. Any external source used MUST be cited using Harvard Referencing system
13. Any team found to have copied projects off the internet will be disqualified. 
14. Winners will be declared based on the scores attained from judges and senior teams. 
15. Photos and videos, testimonials will be collected from participants for educational and promotional
16. Committees' decisions are final

Winners and Prizes

• Certificates of Achievement
• Medals for winning team members